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Attention and Working Memory in Insight Problem-Solving

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Individuals differ in their ability to solve insight problems.We suggest that differences in attention switching and working memory skills underlie differences in insight problem solving ability.We consider the results of an experiment that shows that correct performance on a range of insight problems is related to correct performance on measures of attention-switching and working memory storage and processing, but not to measures of selective attention and sustained attention.We discuss the implications of the results for understanding the component processes in insight problem solving.

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

Authors: Ruth M. J. Byrne, M. A. F. Murray

Institution: Trinity College Dublin

Language: English

Topic: Creativity in Education and Neuroscience

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Enterprise Ireland, Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Irish Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W2767416505

FWCI: 0.275

Cites: 20

Cited by: 35

Related to: 10