scholarly journals A model of how working memory capacity influences insight problem solving in situations with multiple visual representations: An eye tracking analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 153-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-chu Yeh ◽  
Jie-Li Tsai ◽  
Wei-Chin Hsu ◽  
Chun Fu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Insight Problem ◽  
Insight Problem Solving

scholarly journals Verbal insight revisited – Dissociable neurocognitive processes underlying solutions accompanied by an AHA! experience with and without prior restructuring

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxi Becker ◽  
Simone Kühn ◽  
Tobias Sommer
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Insight Problem ◽  
Solution Processes ◽  
Insight Problem Solving

In this article, we investigate insight problem solving by exploring the subjective AHA! experience as a function of restructuring of a problem. It has long been assumed that the AHA! experience is the direct consequence of restructuring. However, is this assumption justified?We will argue that a) the AHA! experience does not always result from prior restructuring and that b) solutions with accompanied AHA! do not underlie a single neurocognitive process. In this regard, we use a modified compound remote associates (CRA) paradigm designed to experimentally dissociate restructuring from the AHA! experience. Results indicate that solutions accompanied by an AHA! are often found also in absence of restructuring. This finding is explained by proposing distinct CRA solution processes that differentiate between AHA! solutions with and without restructuring. We predict that solutions with accompanied AHA! experience differ in their behavioral, neural and eye-tracking related signature as a function of restructuring. The results mostly support these predictions. These findings have implications for insight research: First, by only measuring the subjective AHA! experience especially using CRAs it cannot be implied anymore that restructuring has occurred. Second, it is vital to experimentally separate the different components of insight to better understand its underlying diverse neurocognitive processes.

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

Low Cost Eye Tracking: Ready for Individual Differences Research?

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 741-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciara Sibley ◽  
Cyrus Foroughi ◽  
Noelle Brown ◽  
Joseph T. Coyne
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Pupil Size ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Memory Capacity ◽  
Cognitive Components ◽  
Student Pilots ◽  
Partial Operation ◽  
Selection Test

The recent availability of low cost of eye tracking hardware provides researchers a fruitful opportunity to collect additional human subject data for under $700. This current study sought to investigate whether low-cost eye tracking is capable of replicating a large effect showing a relationship between resting pupil size and working memory capacity. Seventy-nine Navy and Marine Corps student pilots participated in this study and granted access to their aviation selection test scores. The study demonstrated the capability of the Gazepoint GP3 system to detect the pupillary light reflex within every participant. However, in contrast to findings from other researchers, analyses revealed a negative correlation between resting pupil size and partial Operation Span scores and no correlation between resting pupil size and two cognitive components of the aviation selection test. These findings, in addition to other reasons discussed herein, suggest that the Gazepoint GP3 system’s millimeter pupil size measurements should not be used in isolation to compare values between individuals. They also suggest the need for further investigation of the relationship between baseline pupil size and working memory capacity.

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