dc.contributor.author |
Sio, Ut Na |
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dc.contributor.author |
Ormerod, Thomas C. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2015-07-24T14:32:33Z |
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dc.date.available |
2015-07-24T14:32:33Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2009 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 135, No. 1, 94–120 |
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http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/25689 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/24001208_Does_Incubation_Enhance_Problem_Solving_A_Meta-Analytic_Review |
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dc.description.abstract |
A meta-analytic review of empirical studies that have investigated incubation effects on problem solving
is reported. Although some researchers have reported increased solution rates after an incubation period
(i.e., a period of time in which a problem is set aside prior to further attempts to solve), others have failed
to find effects. The analysis examined the contributions of moderators such as problem type, presence of
solution-relevant or misleading cues, and lengths of preparation and incubation periods to incubation
effect sizes. The authors identified a positive incubation effect, with divergent thinking tasks benefiting
more than linguistic and visual insight tasks from incubation. Longer preparation periods gave a greater
incubation effect, whereas filling an incubation period with high cognitive demand tasks gave a smaller
incubation effect. Surprisingly, low cognitive demand tasks yielded a stronger incubation effect than did
rest during an incubation period when solving linguistic insight problems. The existence of multiple types
of incubation effect provides evidence for differential invocation of knowledge-based vs. strategic
solution processes across different classes of problem, and it suggests that the conditions under which
incubation can be used as a practical technique for enhancing problem solving must be designed with
care. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
American Psychological Association |
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dc.subject |
Incubation problem solving unconscious enhancing thinking creativity insight |
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dc.title |
Does Incubation Enhance Problem Solving? A Meta-Analytic Review |
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dc.type |
Article |
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