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  • Neuroscience
  • Creative Problem Solving

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  • Insight is typically defined as a sudden 'Aha!' realization.
  • Negative insight ('Uh-oh' moments) in creative problem solving are recognized but underexplored experimentally.
  • Existing lab methods primarily elicit positive insight, limiting research scope.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel methodology for eliciting both positive and negative insight and analytic search experiences.
  • To investigate these experiences within controlled, comparable conditions.
  • To validate the use of a game-based paradigm for studying creative problem solving.

Main Methods:

  • The game of Connect 4 was used as a paradigm for problem-solving episodes.
  • Eighty participants played Connect 4, reporting each move as positive/negative search or insight.
  • Phenomenological ratings were collected to validate reported experiences.

Main Results:

  • Connect 4 successfully elicited both positive and negative insight and search experiences.
  • The majority of participants utilized all four reported solving types (positive/negative search/insight).
  • Phenomenological ratings indicated experiences comparable to existing positive insight elicitation methods.

Conclusions:

  • Connect 4 serves as a reliable tool for eliciting diverse insight and search experiences in research.
  • This game-based approach offers more ecologically valid problem-solving scenarios than traditional methods.
  • Further development of Connect 4 holds potential for experimental psychology and neuroscience research.