Commentary: Divergent thinking is not synonymous with creativity.

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Runco, Mark A. “Commentary: Divergent Thinking Is Not Synonymous With Creativity”. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, vol. 2, no. 2, 2008, pp. 93-96, https://doi.org/10.1037/1931-3896.2.2.93.
Runco, M. A. (2008). Commentary: Divergent thinking is not synonymous with creativity. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 2(2), 93-96. https://doi.org/10.1037/1931-3896.2.2.93
Runco, Mark A. “Commentary: Divergent Thinking Is Not Synonymous With Creativity”. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 2, no. 2 (2008): 93-96. https://doi.org/10.1037/1931-3896.2.2.93.
Runco MA. Commentary: Divergent thinking is not synonymous with creativity. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 2008;2(2):93-6.
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