Why Can People Effectively Access Remote Associations? Eye Movements during Chinese Remote Associates Problem Solving

Autor/inn/en	Wu, Ching-Lin; Peng, Shu-Ling; Chen, Hsueh-Chih
Titel	Why Can People Effectively Access Remote Associations? Eye Movements during Chinese Remote Associates Problem Solving
Quelle	In: Creativity Research Journal, 33 (2021) 2, S.158-167 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wu, Ching-Lin) ORCID (Chen, Hsueh-Chih)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-0419
DOI	10.1080/10400419.2020.1856579
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Association (Psychology); Creativity; Problem Solving; Eye Movements; Semantics; Cognitive Ability; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Concept Formation; Creative Thinking; Undergraduate Students; China; Remote Associates Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Assoziation; Kreativität; Problemlösen; Augenbewegung; Semantik; Denkfähigkeit; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Kreatives Denken
Abstract	An increasing number of studies have explored the process of how subjects solve problems through remote association. Most research has investigated the relationship between an individual's response to semantic search during the think-aloud operation and the individual's reply performance. Few studies, however, have examined the process of obtaining objective physiological indices. Eye-tracking technology is a powerful tool with which to dissect the process of problem solving, with tracked fixation indices that reflect an individual's internal cognitive mechanisms. This study, based on participants' fixation order for various stimulus words, was the first to introduce the concept of association search span, a concept that can be further divided into distributed association and centralized association. This study recorded 62 participants' eye movement indices in an eye-tracking experiment. The results showed that participants with higher remote association ability used more distributed associations and fewer centralized associations. The results indicated that the stronger remote association ability a participant has, the more likely that participant is to form associations with different stimulus words. It was also found that flexible thinking plays a vital role in the generation of remote associations. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01