Problem-solving

This chapter presents an interdisciplinary scoping review examining overlaps and differences in the way innovation and creativity is …

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 …

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 …

Participants in cognitive psychology experiments on reasoning and problem solving are commonly sequestered: Efforts are made to …