Forests or trees? The effect of generating solutions to distant analogies on global-local processing
Jiansheng Li1,2, Kai Shi3,4, Tingchuan Cui1,2
1Department of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730050, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The present research was designed to examine the effect of solving distant analogies on global-local processing. In two experiments, participants generated solutions to near analogies (near condition), or distant analogies (distant condition), and then they were required to either complete the Kimchi-Palmer task (Experiment 1) or the Navon letter task (Experiment 2). The experimental results showed that participants who generated solutions to distant analogies scored higher on the Kimchi-Palmer task and had faster reaction times to global letters. These findings indicated that solving distant analogies could promote global processing.
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