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Creativity, divergent and allusive thinking in students and visual artists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Peter K. Tucker,
Sharon J. Rothwell,
Michael S. Armstrong and
Neil McConaghy
Peter K. Tucker
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia
Sharon J. Rothwell
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia
Michael S. Armstrong
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia
Neil McConaghy*
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia
*
1 Address for correspondence: Associate Professor N. McConaghy, Department of Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia 2031.
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Synopsis

Visual artists of acknowledged creativity but not students with divergent thinking showed allusive (loose) thinking on an Object Sorting Test. It was concluded that high but not low level creativity in some fields may be associated with a predisposition to schizophrenia.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , November 1982, pp. 835 - 841
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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