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Neural correlates of the 'Aha! reaction' | |
Luo, J; Niki, K; Phillips, S; K. Niki | |
摘要 | An 'Aha! reaction' is a brief moment of exceptional thinking where an unexpected change in one's mental perspective reveals the solution to an otherwise intractable problem. In this event-related fMRI study, subjects read incomprehensible sentences followed by solution cues that were used to evoke such a reaction by triggering an alternative interpretation of the critical concepts. For 73% of the trials, subjects attributed their failure in the initial stage of sentence presentation to "having thought about it in another direction". This behavior implies that the breaking of mental impasse is a critical component of the Aha! reaction phenomenon. During the Aha! reaction we observed anterior cingulate and left lateral prefrontal cortical activation, which are two areas known to mediate cognitive conflict.; An 'Aha! reaction' is a brief moment of exceptional thinking where an unexpected change in one's mental perspective reveals the solution to an otherwise intractable problem. In this event-related fMRI study, subjects read incomprehensible sentences followed by solution cues that were used to evoke such a reaction by triggering an alternative interpretation of the critical concepts. For 73% of the trials, subjects attributed their failure in the initial stage of sentence presentation to "having thought about it in another direction". This behavior implies that the breaking of mental impasse is a critical component of the Aha! reaction phenomenon. During the Aha! reaction we observed anterior cingulate and left lateral prefrontal cortical activation, which are two areas known to mediate cognitive conflict. |
关键词 | Aha! reaction anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) event-related fMRI left lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC) |
学科领域 | 认知神经科学 ; 医学心理学 |
2004-09-15 | |
语种 | 英语 |
发表期刊 | NEUROREPORT |
ISSN | 0959-4965 |
卷号 | 15期号:13页码:2013-2017 |
期刊论文类型 | Article |
收录类别 | SCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000225141200004 |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/5569 |
专题 | 中国科学院心理研究所回溯数据库(1956-2010) |
通讯作者 | K. Niki |
作者单位 | 1.Natl Inst Adv Ind Sci & Technol, Neurosci Res Inst, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.JST, RISTEX, Brainsci & Educ, Tokyo, Japan |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Luo, J,Niki, K,Phillips, S,et al. Neural correlates of the 'Aha! reaction'[J]. NEUROREPORT,2004,15(13):2013-2017. |
APA | Luo, J,Niki, K,Phillips, S,&K. Niki.(2004).Neural correlates of the 'Aha! reaction'.NEUROREPORT,15(13),2013-2017. |
MLA | Luo, J,et al."Neural correlates of the 'Aha! reaction'".NEUROREPORT 15.13(2004):2013-2017. |
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