Incubation, Insight, and Creative Problem Solving: A Unified Theory and a Connectionist Model

Autor/inn/en	Helie, Sebastien; Sun, Ron
Titel	Incubation, Insight, and Creative Problem Solving: A Unified Theory and a Connectionist Model
Quelle	In: Psychological Review, 117 (2010) 3, S.994-1024 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-295X
DOI	10.1037/a0019532
Schlagwörter	Problem Solving; Creativity; Interaction; Theories; Cognitive Processes; Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Problemlösen; Kreativität; Interaktion; Theory; Theorie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Analogiemodell
Abstract	This article proposes a unified framework for understanding creative problem solving, namely, the explicit-implicit interaction theory. This new theory of creative problem solving constitutes an attempt at providing a more unified explanation of relevant phenomena (in part by reinterpreting/integrating various fragmentary existing theories of incubation and insight). The explicit-implicit interaction theory relies mainly on 5 basic principles, namely, (a) the coexistence of and the difference between explicit and implicit knowledge, (b) the simultaneous involvement of implicit and explicit processes in most tasks, (c) the redundant representation of explicit and implicit knowledge, (d) the integration of the results of explicit and implicit processing, and (e) the iterative (and possibly bidirectional) processing. A computational implementation of the theory is developed based on the CLARION cognitive architecture and applied to the simulation of relevant human data. This work represents an initial step in the development of process-based theories of creativity encompassing incubation, insight, and various other related phenomena. (Contains 8 figures, 5 tables and 19 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10