Closing the gap: connecting sudden representational change to the subjective Aha! experience in insightful problem solving

2018 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amory H. Danek ◽  
Joshua Williams ◽  
Jennifer Wiley
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Closing The Gap ◽  
Representational Change ◽  
Insightful Problem

Trial and error versus "insightful" problem solving: Effects of distraction, additional response alternatives, and longer response chains.

1968 ◽  
Vol 76 (3, Pt.1) ◽  
pp. 337-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary A. Davis ◽  
Alice J. Train ◽  
Mary E. Manske
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Response Alternatives ◽  
Response Chains ◽  
Insightful Problem

The role of motivational factors in insightful problem-solving.

1945 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 295-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. G. Birch
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Insightful Problem

scholarly journals Insight and Search in Katona’s Five-Square Problem

2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 263-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Öllinger ◽  
Gary Jones ◽  
Günther Knoblich
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Search Space ◽  
Problem Representation ◽  
Problem Space ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Insight Problem ◽  
Insight Problem Solving ◽  
Representational Change ◽  
Human Thinking

Insights are often productive outcomes of human thinking. We provide a cognitive model that explains insight problem solving by the interplay of problem space search and representational change, whereby the problem space is constrained or relaxed based on the problem representation. By introducing different experimental conditions that either constrained the initial search space or helped solvers to initiate a representational change, we investigated the interplay of problem space search and representational change in Katona’s five-square problem. Testing 168 participants, we demonstrated that independent hints relating to the initial search space and to representational change had little effect on solution rates. However, providing both hints caused a significant increase in solution rates. Our results show the interplay between problem space search and representational change in insight problem solving: The initial problem space can be so large that people fail to encounter impasse, but even when representational change is achieved the resulting problem space can still provide a major obstacle to finding the solution.

scholarly journals How Working Memory Provides Representational Change During Insight Problem Solving

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei Korovkin ◽  
Ilya Vladimirov ◽  
Alexandra Chistopolskaya ◽  
Anna Savinova
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Insight Problem ◽  
Insight Problem Solving ◽  
Representational Change

Promoting Insightful Problem Solving

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAMELA I. ANSBURG ◽  
ROGER I. DOMINOWSKI
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Insightful Problem

scholarly journals Raising the level: orangutans use water as a tool

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 453-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natacha Mendes ◽  
Daniel Hanus ◽  
Josep Call
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Successful Strategy ◽  
Pongo Abelii ◽  
Additional Control ◽  
Mere Presence ◽  
Transparent Tube ◽  
Insightful Problem

We investigated the use of water as a tool by presenting five orangutans ( Pongo abelii ) with an out-of-reach peanut floating inside a vertical transparent tube. All orangutans collected water from a drinker and spat it inside the tube to get access to the peanut. Subjects required an average of three mouthfuls of water to get the peanut. This solution occurred in the first trial and all subjects continued using this successful strategy in subsequent trials. The latency to retrieve the reward drastically decreased after the first trial. Moreover, the latency between mouthfuls also decreased dramatically from the first mouthful in the first trial to any subsequent ones in the same trial or subsequent trials. Additional control conditions suggested that this response was not due to the mere presence of the tube, to the existence of water inside, or frustration at not getting the reward. The sudden acquisition of the behaviour, the timing of the actions and the differences with the control conditions make this behaviour a likely candidate for insightful problem solving.

Is creative insight task-specific? A coordinate-based meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies on insightful problem solving

2016 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 81-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wangbing Shen ◽  
Yuan Yuan ◽  
Chang Liu ◽  
Xiaojiang Zhang ◽  
Jing Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Creative Insight ◽  
Insightful Problem

scholarly journals Insightful Problem Solving in an Asian Elephant

PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e23251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preston Foerder ◽  
Marie Galloway ◽  
Tony Barthel ◽  
Donald E. Moore ◽  
Diana Reiss
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Asian Elephant ◽  
Insightful Problem

If we could talk to the animals

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Siegal ◽  
Rosemary Varley
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Formal Reasoning ◽  
Reasoning Tasks ◽  
Insightful Problem

AbstractThe thesis of discontinuity between humans and nonhumans requires evidence from formal reasoning tasks that rules out solutions based on associative strategies. However, insightful problem solving can be often credited through talking to humans, but not to nonhumans. We note the paradox of assuming that reasoning is orthogonal to language and enculturation while employing the criterion of using language to compare what humans and nonhumans know.

scholarly journals Deconstructing Insight: EEG Correlates of Insightful Problem Solving

PLoS ONE ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. e1459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Sandkühler ◽  
Joydeep Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Insightful Problem
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