Methods for investigating the neural components of insight

Edward M. Bowden; Mark Jung-Beeman

doi:10.1016/j.ymeth.2006.11.007

Methods for investigating the neural components of insight

Edward M. Bowden^*, Mark Jung-Beeman

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Psychology

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Abstract

The authors describe how they have used visual-hemifield and event-related neuroimaging approaches to study their theory specifying some of the neural components of insight. A set of problems developed by the authors, and the use of solvers' self reports of insight, are presented to argue that advances in our understanding of insight are being unnecessarily stifled by over reliance on traditional insight problems and a widespread failure to determine whether insight has occurred on a solution-by-solution basis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	87-99
Number of pages	13
Journal	Methods
Volume	42
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2006.11.007
State	Published - May 2007

Keywords

Insight
Neural components
Neuroimaging
Problem solving
Remote associate problems
Right hemisphere
Self report
Visual hemifield
fMRI

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Molecular Biology
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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