Insight occurs when a person suddenly reinterprets a stimulus, situation, or event to produce
a nonobvious, nondominant interpretation. This can take the form of a solution to a problem …

A sudden comprehension that solves a problem, reinterprets a situation, explains a joke, or
resolves an ambiguous percept is called an insight (ie, the “Aha! moment”). Psychologists …

People sometimes solve problems with a unique process called insight, accompanied by an
“Aha!” experience. It has long been unclear whether different cognitive and neural …

The nature of insight has been the interdisciplinary focus of scientific inquiry for over 100
years. Behavioral studies and biographical data suggest that insight, as a form of creative …

Pioneering neuroimaging studies on insight have revealed neural correlates of the
emotional “Aha!” component of the insight process, but neural substrates of the cognitive …

Insight processes that peak in “unpredictable moments of exceptional thinking” are often
referred to as Aha! or Eureka moments. During insight, connections between previously …

In this paper, we investigate insight problem solving by exploring the subjective AHA!
experience as a function of restructuring of a problem. It has long been assumed that the …

Insight occurs when problem solutions arise suddenly and seem obviously correct, and is
associated with an “Aha!” experience. Prior theorizing concerning preparation that facilitates …

The authors describe how they have used visual-hemifield and event-related neuroimaging
approaches to study their theory specifying some of the neural components of insight. A set …

Moments of insight, a phenomenon of creative cognition in which an idea suddenly emerges
into awareness as an “Aha!” are often reported to be affectively positive experiences. We …