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Creative problem solving (CPS) requires reorganizing knowledge for new functions. Research should explore knowledge-rich contexts and analogical transfer to better understand real-world creative thinking and crystallized knowledge.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Creativity Research

Background:

  • Real-world creative problem solving (CPS) involves reorganizing existing knowledge for novel applications.
  • Traditional creativity studies often minimize knowledge, using simplified tasks.
  • This approach may not fully capture the complexities of CPS in expert or novice domains.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To advocate for the inclusion of knowledge-rich contexts in CPS research.
  • To highlight the potential of creative analogical transfer paradigms for studying CPS.
  • To explore the cognitive and neural underpinnings of knowledge-rich CPS.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewing existing creativity paradigms and their limitations.
  • Proposing the use of analogical knowledge transfer tasks.
  • Analyzing cognitive and neural processes in knowledge-rich problem-solving scenarios.

Main Results:

  • Creative analogical transfer paradigms offer insights into knowledge-rich CPS.
  • These methods can reveal cognitive and neural characteristics of expertise in creativity.
  • Crystallized knowledge plays a crucial role in creativity.

Conclusions:

  • CPS research should embrace knowledge-rich environments and tasks.
  • Analogical transfer is a promising avenue for understanding real-world creative cognition.
  • Further investigation into crystallized knowledge's role in creativity is warranted.