In search of the "Aha!' experience: Elucidating the emotionality of insight problem-solving

doi:10.1111/bjop.12142

	In search of the "Aha!' experience: Elucidating the emotionality of insight problem-solving
	Shen, Wangbing 1,2,3; Yuan, Yuan 3; Liu, Chang3 ; Luo, Jing 4,5
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	实证研究
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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
引用统计	被引频次：74[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	https://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/48311
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.