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Bilalic, Merim; Graf, Mario; Vaci, Nemanja; Danek, Amory H. – Cognitive Science, 2019
Insight problems are difficult because the initially activated knowledge hinders successful solving. The crucial information needed for a solution is often so far removed that gaining access to it through restructuring leads to the subjective experience of "Aha!". Although this assumption is shared by most insight theories, there is…
Descriptors: Games, Problem Solving, Intuition, Cognitive Restructuring
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Bonawitz, Elizabeth; Ullman, Tomer D.; Bridgers, Sophie; Gopnik, Alison; Tenenbaum, Joshua B. – Cognitive Science, 2019
Constructing an intuitive theory from data confronts learners with a "chicken-and-egg" problem: The laws can only be expressed in terms of the theory's core concepts, but these concepts are only meaningful in terms of the role they play in the theory's laws; how can a learner discover appropriate concepts and laws simultaneously, knowing…
Descriptors: Theories, Intuition, Magnets, Young Children