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 …

Despite the presumed ability of insight problems to elicit the subjective feeling of insight, as
well as the use of so-called insight problems to investigate this phenomenon for over 100 …

Four experiments demonstrate that walking boosts creative ideation in real time and shortly
after. In Experiment 1, while seated and then when walking on a treadmill, adults completed …

How accurate are insights compared to analytical solutions? In four experiments, we
investigated how participants' solving strategies influenced their solution accuracies across …

Finding creative solutions to difficult problems is a fundamental aspect of human culture and
a skill highly needed. However, the exact neural processes underlying creative problem …

Creative ideas seem often to appear when we close our eyes, stare at a blank wall, or gaze
out of a window—all signs of shutting out distractions and turning attention inward. Prior …

Prior research indicates that solutions accompanied by an Aha! experience are remembered
better than those missing this feeling of epiphany. The question for the present studies was …

Although the experience of insight has long been noted, the essence of the
'Aha!'experience, reflecting a sudden change in the brain that accompanies an insight …

Insightful problem solving is a vital part of human thinking, yet very difficult to grasp.
Traditionally, insight has been investigated by using a set of established “insight tasks,” …

Insightful solution processes represent cases of problem solving in which the emergence of
a new interpretation allows for an abrupt shift from bewilderment to clarity. One approach to …