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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Accurate measurement of insight moments during problem-solving is essential for research.
  • Despite extensive research, consensus on real-time insight measurement methods is lacking.
  • Previous studies have not evaluated the convergence of different insight measurement techniques.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the strengths and weaknesses of two common insight measurement methods: feelings-of-warmth and self-report.
  • To determine if these popular measures of insight converge or diverge.
  • To identify the most reliable method for measuring insight in experimental settings.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of the feelings-of-warmth measure (Metcalfe & Wiebe, 1987) and the self-report measure (Bowden & Jung-Beeman, 2007).
  • Evaluation of empirical agreement between the two measurement techniques.
  • Introduction and recommendation of a novel visceral insight measure using a dynamometer (Creswell et al., 2016).

Main Results:

  • Little empirical agreement was found between the feelings-of-warmth and self-report measures of insight.
  • The self-report measure demonstrated superior methodological and theoretical qualities.
  • The self-report measure better represents the phenomenon commonly understood as insight.

Conclusions:

  • The self-report "Aha!" measure is recommended as the preferred method for quantifying insight.
  • Divergence between measurement methods suggests they may capture different aspects of the insight process.
  • A novel visceral measure using a dynamometer is proposed for future research.