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In search of the "Aha!' experience: Elucidating the emotionality of insight problem-solving | |
Shen, Wangbing1,2,3; Yuan, Yuan3; Liu, Chang3; Luo, Jing4,5 | |
摘要 | Although the experience of insight has long been noted, the essence of the Aha!' experience, reflecting a sudden change in the brain that accompanies an insight solution, remains largely unknown. This work aimed to uncover the mystery of the Aha!' experience through three studies. In Study 1, participants were required to solve a set of verbal insight problems and then subjectively report their affective experience when solving the problem. The participants were found to have experienced many types of emotions, with happiness the most frequently reported one. Multidimensional scaling was employed in Study 2 to simplify the dimensions of these reported emotions. The results showed that these different types of emotions could be clearly placed in two-dimensional space and that components constituting the Aha!' experience mainly reflected positive emotion and approached cognition. To validate previous findings, in Study 3, participants were asked to select the most appropriate emotional item describing their feelings at the time the problem was solved. The results of this study replicated the multidimensional construct consisting of approached cognition and positive affect. These three studies provide the first direct evidence of the essence of the Aha!' experience. The potential significance of the findings was discussed. |
关键词 | Affective Experience Insight Problem-solving Creative Cognition Happiness |
2016-05-01 | |
语种 | 英语 |
DOI | 10.1111/bjop.12142 |
发表期刊 | BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY |
ISSN | 0007-1269 |
卷号 | 107期号:2页码:281-298 |
期刊论文类型 | Article |
收录类别 | SSCI |
WOS关键词 | VERBAL PROBLEMS ; ACTIVATION ; COGNITION ; JUDGMENT ; MEMORY |
WOS标题词 | Social Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Psychology |
WOS类目 | Psychology, Multidisciplinary |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000373906500004 |
资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China(31271079 ; fourth high-level personnel training project in Jiangsu Province ; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2014B15314) ; 31200776) |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/19964 |
专题 | 中国科学院心理健康重点实验室 |
作者单位 | 1.Hohai Univ, Sch Publ Adm, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 2.Hohai Univ, Inst Appl Psychol, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 3.Nanjing Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, 122 Ninghai Rd, Nanjing 210097, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 4.Capital Normal Univ, Beijing Key Lab Learning & Cognit, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Shen, Wangbing,Yuan, Yuan,Liu, Chang,et al. In search of the "Aha!' experience: Elucidating the emotionality of insight problem-solving[J]. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY,2016,107(2):281-298. |
APA | Shen, Wangbing,Yuan, Yuan,Liu, Chang,&Luo, Jing.(2016).In search of the "Aha!' experience: Elucidating the emotionality of insight problem-solving.BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY,107(2),281-298. |
MLA | Shen, Wangbing,et al."In search of the "Aha!' experience: Elucidating the emotionality of insight problem-solving".BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 107.2(2016):281-298. |
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