Restructuring processes and Aha! experiences in insight problem solving

Wiley, Jennifer; Danek, Amory H.

doi:10.1038/s44159-023-00257-x

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“…Metacognitive feelings (or metacognitive experiences) refer to cognitive or affective experiences that arise when a person is engaged in a task (Efklides, 2006;Flavell, 1979). Positive affect, the feeling of certainty and processing fluency are central metacognitive feelings (Skaar & Reber, 2021;Topolinski & Reber, 2010;Wiley & Danek, 2024). Several additional affective and motivational dimensions can accompany an aha-experience, such as pleasure, liking, relief, curiosity, surprise, agency, and coping (Danek & Wiley, 2017;Liljedahl, 2005;Muth et al, 2015;Skaar & Reber, 2021;Van de Cruys et al, 2021;Webb et al, 2016).…”

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The relationship between aha-experiences and interest, and the role of metacognitive feelings

Haugen,

Martinussen,

Høgheim

et al. 2024

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Interest in mathematics is an important factor that contributes to improved understanding and mathematical skills. Hence, it is crucial to explore factors that contribute to interest development. This study investigated the role of aha-experiences and accompanying metacognitive feelings like positive affect, certainty, and fluency in developing mathematical interest. In this longitudinal study, we examine the role of aha-experiences in a classroom context and their impact on mathematical interest in Middle school students (N=468) aged 13-16. The students completed five questionnaires, including pre- and posttests, over eight weeks. Findings indicate that aha-experiences and their related metacognitive feelings are associated with situational interest, primarily through positive affect. Moreover, there are indications that individual interest moderates the mutual relationship between situational interest and aha-experience frequency. However, no longitudinal effect of aha-experiences or metacognitive feelings on developing individual interest was observed in our sample. The findings contribute to understanding the relationship between mathematical interest, aha-experiences, and metacognitive feelings.

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The relationship between aha-experiences and interest, and the role of metacognitive feelings

Haugen,

Martinussen,

Høgheim

et al. 2024

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What is an art experience like from the viewpoint of sculpting clay?

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2024

Phenom Cogn Sci

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For enactivists and pragmatists alike, sense-making is a systemic process of bringing the organism and environment into reciprocity. Steiner (2023) distinguishes enactivism from pragmatism by arguing that intention is compatible with enactivism but not pragmatism. After reviewing Steiner’s analysis, I consider its ontological consequences and phenomenological implications which I suggest cause problems for both enactivism and pragmatism, but in two different ways. Intention is consistent with the idea of an autonomy of sense-making but reveals its latent subjectivity – which sits uncomfortably with an enactivist account. The absence of intention implies the existence of states of supra-subjective consciousness but lack of such accounts is troublesome for pragmatism. Next, I introduce Material Engagement Theory. I emphasise its affinity to pragmatism and describe its role in developing clayful phenomenology, an experiential way of investigating creative practice from the perspective of the process. A case-study of a sculptural project illustrates how action, creating a construction-site atmosphere as it goes, gathers diverse materials and elements to itself: wood, clay, plaster, steel, a sculpted skull, a painting, a wall, tree trunks, scaffolding, neolithic sculptures etc. These elements draw themselves into rhythmical associations that resonate with others that are formed through and by sculptural gestures and these go onto form further gestural patterns. The project shows how a creative situation creates a sense of affective purpose by and through the act of creating itself.

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