Clarifying the mechanism of insight process by combining behavioral experiment with computational modeling

我们调查了自我目标设定是否能促进洞察力问题的解决。结果表明，当他们不被允许达到其他目标状态时，自我目标设定会干扰洞察力问题的解决。然而，如果允许参与者改变目标，则略微促进了洞察力问题的解决。我们还研究了内隐和外显过程在解决顿悟问题中的关系。结果显示，尽管成功参与者的解决方案随着时间的推移逐渐提高，但他们的温暖度评级在解决难题之前突然上升。我们利用计算机模拟研究了社会结构对社会知识获取的影响。我们比较了四种类型的社交网络，即规则网络、随机网络、小世界网络和无尺度网络。当个体存在差异，信仰相似的人之间的关系趋于密切时，社会会获得帕累托最优知识。

We investigated whether self goal setting could facilitate insight problem solving. The results showed that self goal setting disrupted insight problem solving when they were not allowed to reach the other goal state. It, however, slightly facilitated the insight problem solving if the participants were allowed to change the goal.We also investigated the relationship between explicit and implicit processes in insight problem solving. The result showed that although successful participants' solutions gradually improved over time, their warmth ratings suddenly increased just before solving the puzzle.We examined influence of social structures on knowledge acquired by societies using computer simulations. We compared four types of social networks, namely regular, random, small world, and scale free networks. When there are individual differences and people having similar beliefs tend to have close relationships with each other, the societies would acquire pareto-optimal knowledge.