The nature of insight

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

Incubation, insight, and creative problem solving: a unified theory and a connectionist model. (2010, background): “In experimental psychology, insight is often elicited using insight problems (eg, Bowden et al,, 2005; Dorfman et al,, 1996; Isaak & Just, 1996; Mayer, 1995; Pols, 2002).”
When and where do we apply what we learn? A taxonomy for far transfer. (2002, background): “Also, Dunbar (1995, 1997) has shown that a moderately diverse group of individuals in a group reasoning situation can result in fruitful transfer and generation of joint insights, in which ideas provided by one group member can prompt recall of analogies by another member and yield novel insights th”
Scientific creativity as constrained stochastic behavior: the integration of product, person, and process perspectives. (2003, methodology): “This temporalpattern is inferred from the systematic analysis of laboratory notebooks(Gruber, 1974; Tweney, 1990), researchbibliographies (Garvey & Tomita,1972; Root-Bernstein, Bernstein, & Garnier,1993), tape recordings of laboratory meetings(Dunbar,1995, 1997),and responses to survey questionnaire”