Exploring the Unconscious Nature of Insight Using Continuous Flash Suppression and a Dual Task
Exploring the Unconscious Nature of Insight Using Continuous Flash Suppression and a Dual Task
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2014
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2.5
通讯作者：
Hiroaki Suzuki;Haruaki Fukuda;Hiromitsu Miyata;Keishi Tsuchiya
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作者：
Hiroaki Suzuki;Haruaki Fukuda;Hiromitsu Miyata;Keishi Tsuchiya
越来越多的证据表明，内隐信息处理对高阶认知过程（如洞察力解决问题）有相当大的影响。这些隐式信息是存储在工作记忆系统内，还是在工作记忆以外的存储系统中处理？为了区分这两种可能性，本研究通过使用连续闪光抑制（CFS）检查了在参与者潜意识地呈现提示图像或不呈现提示图像后t字谜（insight problem）的解决方案。在CFS过程中引入了空间敲击任务，该任务被认为干扰了空间工作记忆。这两种假设都预测了在点击任务后，t字谜的表现会变差并保持不变。与这些假设相反，参与者在完成敲击任务后，无论是否有潜意识提示，都倾向于表现出更好的解决方案表现和放松的约束。讨论了辅助任务促进洞察力问题解决的机制。
A growing body of evidence suggests that implicit information processing has considerable effects on the higherorder cognitive processes such as insight problem solving. Is such implicit information stored within the working memory system, or is it processed in a storage system other than working memory? To differentiate these two possibilities, the present study examined solution of the T-puzzle, an insight problem, after participants were or were not subliminally presented with the hint images by using the continuous flash suppression (CFS). A spatial tapping task, which is deemed to interfere with spatial working memory, was introduced during CFS. The two hypotheses each predicted deteriorated and maintained performance on the T-puzzle after the tapping task. Contrary to these hypotheses, participants tended to exhibit better solution performance and relaxation of constraints after having the tapping task, either with or without subliminal presentation of the hints. Mechanisms by which the secondary task may facilitate insight problem solving are discussed.