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Commentary: Moment of (Perceived) Truth: Exploring Accuracy of Aha! Experiences
The Journal of creative behavior, Vol.55(2), pp.289-293
06/2021
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Abstract
Danek and Salvi (The Journal of Creative Behavior, 1–3, 2018) provide a sound overview of research on the relationship between feelings of aha and the accuracy of problem-solving solutions. However, there are reasons to be cautious in concluding that a characteristic of insightful solutions is their superior accuracy. A relationship between correct solutions and aha experiences clearly exists in the literature. However, the strength and frequency of aha experiences seem to be variable across individuals and can be manipulated. We provide a brief overview of some literature that challenges the claim that aha experience indicates accurate solutions, particularly, manipulations of aha experiences, metacognitive misattributions and erroneous insights, and dispositions toward insight.
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- Title
- Commentary: Moment of (Perceived) Truth: Exploring Accuracy of Aha! Experiences
- Creators
- Margaret E. Webb - University of MelbourneRuben E. Laukkonen - University of AmsterdamSimon J. Cropper - University of MelbourneDaniel R. Little - University of Melbourne
- Publication Details
- The Journal of creative behavior, Vol.55(2), pp.289-293
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Number of pages
- 5
- Identifiers
- 991013062213202368
- Copyright
- © 2019 by the Creative Education Foundation, Inc.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article