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Incubation in Problem Solving and Creativity: Unconscious Processes

Incubation in Problem Solving and Creativity: Unconscious Processes

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General Psychology

ISBN10: 1138551538
ISBN13: 9781138551534
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 15 2019
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Can problems be solved by setting them aside or by sleeping on them? Incubation, the process of stopping conscious work on problems for a set period of time, is an integral part of the creative problem solving process.

Providing an overview of the main issues, findings and implications of cognitive research on incubation effects in problem solving and creativity, this book argues that incubation is an effective strategy for tackling problems that do not yield to initial solution attempts. Gilhooly reasons that unconscious work is automatic and explores the underlying processes involved in incubation, providing evidence to showcase the major role of unconscious processing in problem solving. Incubation in Problem Solving and Creativity concludes with a discussion of the implications of unconscious work theory for enhanced problem solving, positioning incubation as an effective and important stage in creative problem solving.

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