Distributed cognition

Performance on the triangle of coins problem was observed when participants could physically change the configuration of the problem as …

Interactive processes configure extended systems within which each human agent is embedded. Yet much research on higher cognition, such …

We discuss insight as an enacted process, involving action and perception. As a physical and perceptual activity, a degree of serendipity is inevitable, and, in some circumstances, insight becomes “outsight.” We identify eight key features of first-order creative cognition that map out a new program of research on insight.

Insight is commonly viewed as originating from the restructuring of a mental representation. Distributed cognition frameworks such as …

This research programme aims to better understand how people solve problems, create, and innovate.

Planning is an everyday activity that is extended in time and space, yet is frequently studied in the absence of interactivity. …

In this chapter , we propose a systemic model of thinking (SysTM) to account for higher cognitive operations such as how an agent makes …

Doing long sums in the absence of complementary actions or artefacts is a multistep procedure that quickly taxes working memory; …

Two experiments examined whether different task ecologies influenced insight problem solving. The 17 animals problem was employed, a …

Outside the cognitive psychologist’s laboratory, problem-solving is an activity that takes place in a rich web of interactions …