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Commentary: Moment of (Perceived) Truth: Exploring Accuracy of Aha! Experiences
Author(s) -
Webb Margaret E.,
Laukkonen Ruben E.,
Cropper Simon J.,
Little Daniel R.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/jocb.433
Subject(s) - feeling , metacognition , psychology , moment (physics) , epistemology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , cognition , philosophy , physics , classical mechanics , neuroscience
Danek and Salvi ( The Journal of Creative Behavior , 1–3, 2018) provide a sound overview of research on the relationship between feelings of aha and the accuracy of problem‐solving solutions. However, there are reasons to be cautious in concluding that a characteristic of insightful solutions is their superior accuracy. A relationship between correct solutions and aha experiences clearly exists in the literature. However, the strength and frequency of aha experiences seem to be variable across individuals and can be manipulated. We provide a brief overview of some literature that challenges the claim that aha experience indicates accurate solutions, particularly, manipulations of aha experiences, metacognitive misattributions and erroneous insights, and dispositions toward insight.