Dictionary of Creativity
Preface
Table of Contents:
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 F  G  H  I  K 
 L  M  N  O  P 
 R  S  T  U  V 
 Y  Z 
 Barriers to creativity
 Behavioural approach
 Bicameral mind
 Bifurcation
 Birth order
[Bisociation]
 Blind variation and selective-retention model
 Brainstorming
References
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Bisociation

The term, introduced by Arthur Koestler (1964), to designate "any mental occurrence simultaneously associated with two habitually incomparable contexts" which he considered the essential mechanism of the creative process.

Bisociation. Dictionary of Creativity: Terms, Concepts, Theories & Findings in Creativity Research / Compiled and edited by Eugene Gorny. Netslova.ru, 2007.
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