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TY - JOUR
T1 - Using another's gaze as an explicit aid to insight problem solving
AU - Litchfield, Damien
AU - Ball, Linden J.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Research has shown that implicitly guiding attention via visual cues or unrelated tasks can increase the likelihood of solving insight problems. We examined whether following another person making specific skin-crossing saccades could induce similar attentional shifts and increase solution rates for Duncker's ((1945)) radiation problem. We presented 150 participants with one of three 30-s eye movement patterns from another problem solver: (a) focusing solely on the central tumour; (b) naturally making skin-crossing saccades between the outside area and the tumour from multiple angles; or (c) making deliberate skin-crossing saccades between the outside area and the tumour from multiple angles. Following another person making skin-crossing saccades increased the likelihood of solving the radiation problem. Our results demonstrate that another person's eye movements can promote attentional shifts that trigger insight problem solving.
AB - Research has shown that implicitly guiding attention via visual cues or unrelated tasks can increase the likelihood of solving insight problems. We examined whether following another person making specific skin-crossing saccades could induce similar attentional shifts and increase solution rates for Duncker's ((1945)) radiation problem. We presented 150 participants with one of three 30-s eye movement patterns from another problem solver: (a) focusing solely on the central tumour; (b) naturally making skin-crossing saccades between the outside area and the tumour from multiple angles; or (c) making deliberate skin-crossing saccades between the outside area and the tumour from multiple angles. Following another person making skin-crossing saccades increased the likelihood of solving the radiation problem. Our results demonstrate that another person's eye movements can promote attentional shifts that trigger insight problem solving.
KW - Insight
KW - Problem solving
KW - Gaze following
KW - Embodied cognition
KW - Attentional guidance
KW - EYE-MOVEMENTS
KW - SHARED GAZE
KW - ATTENTION
KW - COGNITION
KW - PERFORMANCE
KW - THOUGHT
KW - SEARCH
U2 - 10.1080/17470218.2011.558628
DO - 10.1080/17470218.2011.558628
M3 - Journal article
VL - 64
SP - 649
EP - 656
JO - The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
JF - The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
SN - 1747-0218
IS - 4
ER -