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Hadas Erel1, Nachshon Meiran

  • 1Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel. hadaserel@gmail.com

Cognition
|February 15, 2011
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Summary

Applying a rule in one task impairs your ability to find new rules later. This study shows how a fixed mindset hinders cognitive flexibility and rule-finding skills.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Human Reasoning

Background:

  • Rule finding is crucial for human reasoning and adaptability.
  • Prior research linked rule-finding deficits to prior experience and personality traits.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of a rule-applying mindset on rule-finding performance.
  • To identify the specific cognitive processes affected by this mindset.

Main Methods:

  • Participants engaged in a rule-application task (Phase 1) followed by a rule-finding task (Phase 2).
  • Experiments varied the duration of Phase 1 and the stimuli used across phases.
  • Cognitive processes were assessed using the COVIS model framework.

Main Results:

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  • A mindset of applying an instructed rule significantly impaired subsequent rule-finding ability.
  • This impairment persisted even with minimal (single trial) or no stimulus overlap between phases.
  • Key rule-finding components like feedback evaluation, rule generation, and attention switching were negatively affected.

Conclusions:

  • Instructed rule application can induce a cognitive mindset that hinders flexible rule discovery.
  • This mindset interferes with core processes essential for effective rule finding, impacting cognitive flexibility.