72 college music majors were randomly assigned to 4 treatment groups of equal numbers. Some were exposed to 3 creative thinking strategies and encouraged to brainstorm in their groups for a period of 400 min. Positive transfer of training supports the use of the procedures to encourage music students to think creatively with sounds and words.
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