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  • Social Psychology
  • Embodied Cognition

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  • The mindset effect describes how prior experiences or instructions can bias problem-solving approaches.
  • Previous research suggests cognitive biases can be persistent and difficult to overcome.
  • The concept of embodied cognition posits that physical actions can influence mental states.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if physical cleansing can mitigate the mindset effect in problem-solving.
  • To explore the role of physical cleansing as a psychological separation mechanism.
  • To provide empirical evidence for the clean-slate effect in cognitive tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted using distinct mindset induction tasks (Luchins' water-jar task and idiom maze task).
  • Participants were assigned to either a physical cleansing condition (hand wipes or watching a hand-washing video) or a control condition.
  • Problem-solving tasks were administered to assess the influence of the induced mindset and the effect of the cleansing manipulation.

Main Results:

  • Participants in the physical cleansing condition exhibited a reduced mindset effect compared to the control group.
  • The results indicate that physical cleansing interventions lessened the impact of prior task-induced biases.
  • This finding suggests that cleansing actions can disrupt the carry-over effects of cognitive sets.

Conclusions:

  • Physical cleansing effectively reduces the mindset effect in problem-solving.
  • The findings support the hypothesis that physical cleansing acts as an embodied process for psychological separation.
  • This study provides novel evidence for the clean-slate effect, demonstrating its link to physical purification rituals.