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| Title |
Real World Problem-Solving
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, June 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00261 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Vasanth Sarathy |
| Abstract |
Real world problem-solving (RWPS) is what we do every day. It requires flexibility, resilience, resourcefulness, and a certain degree of creativity. A crucial feature of RWPS is that it involves continuous interaction with the environment during the problem-solving process. In this process, the environment can be seen as not only a source of inspiration for new ideas but also as a tool to facilitate creative thinking. The cognitive neuroscience literature in creativity and problem-solving is extensive, but it has largely focused on neural networks that are active when subjects are not focused on the outside world, i.e., not using their environment. In this paper, I attempt to combine the relevant literature on creativity and problem-solving with the scattered and nascent work in perceptually-driven learning from the environment. I present my synthesis as a potential new theory for real world problem-solving and map out its hypothesized neural basis. I outline some testable predictions made by the model and provide some considerations and ideas for experimental paradigms that could be used to evaluate the model more thoroughly. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 60% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 3 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 80% |
| Scientists | 2 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 163 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 161 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 10% |
| Researcher | 15 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 24 | 15% |
| Unknown | 56 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 26 | 16% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 43 | 26% |
| Unknown | 63 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 June 2020.
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#1,047,700
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#485
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#23,608
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#7
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