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Direct linkSio, Ut Na; Ormerod, Thomas C. – Psychological Bulletin, 2009
A meta-analytic review of empirical studies that have investigated incubation effects on problem solving is reported. Although some researchers have reported increased solution rates after an incubation period (i.e., a period of time in which a problem is set aside prior to further attempts to solve), others have failed to find effects. The…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Problem Solving, Intuition, Creative Thinking
