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Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
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doi:10.17759/jmfp.2024130412
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)

Incubation Processes in Solving Problems: Current State and Prospects of Research

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N.S. Kuliev

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Keywords: incubation, problem solving, incubation interventions, incubation effectiveness, methodological problems, theoretical approaches, practical applications

Article type: review article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2024130412

Funding. The research was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation (RNF) within the framework of scientific project number 22-18-00704.

Received: 02.12.2024

Accepted:

For citation: Kuliev N.S. Incubation Processes in Solving Problems: Current State and Prospects of Research [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, DOI: 10.17759/jmfp.2024130412. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Nikolay S. Kuliev, e-mail: kuliev.nikolaj@bk.ru

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