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Jessica E. Bartley; Michael C. Riedel; Taylor Salo; Emily R. Boeving; Katherine L. Bottenhorn; Elsa I. Bravo; Rosalie Odean; Alina Nazareth; Robert W. Laird; Matthew T. Sutherland; Shannon M. Pruden; Eric Brewe; Angela R. Laird – npj Science of Learning, 2019
Understanding how students learn is crucial for helping them succeed. We examined brain function in 107 undergraduate students during a task known to be challenging for many students--physics problem solving--to characterize the underlying neural mechanisms and determine how these support comprehension and proficiency. Further, we applied module…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Processes, Science Process Skills, Abstract Reasoning
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Benedek, Mathias; Neubauer, Aljoscha C. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2013
Fifty years ago, Mednick ["Psychological Review", 69 (1962) 220] proposed an elaborate model that aimed to explain how creative ideas are generated and why creative people are more likely to have creative ideas. The model assumes that creative people have flatter associative hierarchies and as a consequence can more fluently retrieve…
Descriptors: Models, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Comparative Analysis