Incubation, not sleep, aids problem-solving
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Incubation and Intuition in Creative Problem Solving
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Sleep
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0161-8105,1550-9109
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsy155