The Emergence of Insight
The Emergence of Insight
Jennifer Wiley, University of Illinois, Chicago
Steven M. Smith, Texas A & M University
We are all familiar with the feeling of being stuck when a problem we are faced with seems intractable and we are unable to find a solution. But sometimes, a new way of seeing the problem pops into the mind from out of the blue. The missing piece of the puzzle is found, the gap is filled, and the solution is now obvious. This is the insight experience - the Aha! Moment - which has been a source of fascination to those who study problem solving for centuries. Written by leading researchers from around the world, this volume explores cutting-edge perspectives on insight, the processes that underlie it, and the conditions that promote it. Chapters draw on key themes: from attention, to memory and learning, to evolutionary perspectives. Students and researchers in applied, cognitive, and educational psychology, as well as those studying creativity, insight, and cognitive neuroscience, will benefit from these perspectives.
- Includes multiple perspectives on how insight should be defined and how to approach this
- Provides detailed conceptual reflection on the direction of research in the field
- Brings together expert researchers from around the world to consider creativity and insight
Product details
May 2024Paperback
9781009244251
334 pages
228 × 149 × 18 mm
0.49kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Part I. Introduction:
- 1. Introduction to emergence of insight Steven M. Smith, Jennifer Wiley and Carola Salvi
- Part II. Fixation and Insight:
- 2. The past and future of research on so-called 'Incubation' effects Steven M. Smith and Zsolt Beda
- 3. Forgetting and inhibition as mechanisms for overcoming mental fixation in creative problem solving Benjamin C. Storm and Mercedes T. Oliva
- 4. Overcoming interna and external fixation in problem solving Rebecca Koppel, Tim George and Jennifer Wiley
- 5. How impasse leads to insight and innovation in problem solving Colleen M. Seifert
- Part III. Pathways to Insight:
- 6. The role of curiosity1 and curiosity2 in the emergence of insight William James Jacobs and Janet Metcalfe
- 7. Mind wondering: Curious daydreaming and other potentially inspiring forms of mind wandering? Jonathan W. Schooler, Madeleine E. Gross, Claire M. Zedelius and Paul Seli
- 8. Jumping about: the role of mind wandering and attentional flexibility in facilitating creative problem-solving Nicholaus P. Brosowsky, Madeleine E. Gross, Jonathan W. Schooler and Paul Seli
- Part IV. After Insight:
- 9. The adaptive function of insight Ruben E. Laukkonen
- 10. The insight memory advantage Amory Danek and Jennifer Wiley
- Part V. Cognitive Neuroscience of Insight:
- 11. Waves of insight: The history of research on insight and its neural components Christine Chesebrough, Carola Salvi, Mark Beeman, Yongtaek Oh and John Kounios
- 12. Why my 'Aha!' is your 'Hmm….': Individual differences in the phenomenology and likelihood of insight Christine Chesebrough, Yongtaek Oh and John Kounios
- 13. Insight, what happens backstage? Carola Salvi and Edward Bowden
- Part VI. Conclusion:
- 14. Insights from the emergence of insight Jennifer Wiley, Carola Salvi and Steven M. Smith.
