Getting into and out of mental ruts: A theory of fixation, incubation, and insight. Chapter

abstract

• explain what insight has to do with mental ruts, and . . . suggest some ways for climbing back out of such ruts / [focus] on what prevents insight experiences from occurring / [argue] that incubation improves the chances that insight experiences will occur by facilitating escape from the mental ruts that block insight / propose that patterns of fixation, incubation, and insight in problem solving resemble certain memory phenomena and can be explained, in part, in terms of a theory of memory interference and recovery incremental progress versus restructuring in insight (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

authors

• Smith, Steven

author list (cited authors)

• Smith, S. M.

complete list of authors

• Smith, SM

editor list (cited editors)

• R. J. Sternberg J. E. Davidson.

Book Title

• The nature of insight

publication date

• January 1995

publisher

• The MIT Press  Publisher

keywords

• Cognitive Processes
• Insight
• Memory
• Problem Solving
• fixation (psychological)

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0-262-19345-0

start page

• 229

end page

• 251