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Seeing into InsightJonathan W. Schooler
University of California Santa Barbara Parallels between Sight and Insight
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Parallels between Sight and Insight
Core thesis There are striking parallels between the information
processing characteristics of vision and insight.
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Suddenly apparent alternative coherent representations: Vision
Static Figure Ground
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Suddenly apparent alternative coherent representations: Vision
Static Figure Ground Reversible Images
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Suddenly apparent alternative coherent representations : VisionDynamic
Rotating Necker cube
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Suddenly apparent alternative coherent representations: VisionDynamic
Rotating Necker cubeSpinning dancer illusion
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Suddenly apparent alternative coherent representations: InsightHistorical
Archimedes volume of a crownNewton- Terrestrial vs. celestial motionRelativity- Gravity and acceleration are identical
EverydayHumor
Puns Insight problems
Aha problems- Metcalfe demonstration of suddenness Backward vs. forward reasoning
Lilly pond
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Recognizing additional dimensionsVision: The Magic EyeA particularly profound alternative coherent
representation
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Recognizing additional dimensions InsightHistorical
FlatlandRelativityString Theory
Insight6 matches problem
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Evidence for overlap in processing between representational shifts in vision and insightRelationship between insight problem solving and
recognizing out of focus pictureSchooler et al 1996
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Evidence for overlap in processing between representational shifts in vision and insightRelationship between insight problem solving and
recognizing out of focus picture
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Entrenchment in visionBruner and Potter effect
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Entrenchment Insight: Mental setThe Reverend Sol Looney prophesized that at a
particular place and time he would walk on water.Smith and Blakenship-
Mental sets constrain creativity
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Alternative Global Local Focus in Vision
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Alternative Global Local Focus in Vision
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Alternative Global Local Focus in Vision
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Alternative Global Local Focus in Vision
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Alternative Global Local Focus in VisionEinstein/ Marilyn (High low pass filter)
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Alternative Global Local Focus in VisionThe mystery of the Mona Lisa’s smile
Original
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Alternative Global Local Focus in visionThe mystery of the Mona Lisa’s smile
Low spatial frequency filter
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Alternative Global Local Focus in visionThe mystery of the Mona Lisa’s smile
High spatial frequency filter
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Alternative Global Local Focus in visionThe mystery of the Mona Lisa’s smile
Low spatial frequency filter High spatial frequency
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Alternative Global Local Focus in VisionRod’s
central detail oriented vs.Small grain size
Cones peripheral, more sensitive less acuityGreater neural convergenceLarge grain size
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master home
armroomnote chain
Alternative Global/Local focus in insight problem solving
Left HemisphereRight Hemisphere
- relatively finer coding - relatively coarser coding
Better selection Weaker activation; Better at detecting, building Better at detecting, building close connections distant, unusual conxns
Beeman’s’ Theory of Asymmetric Dynamic Semantic Fields
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Asymmetrical dendritic branching in Broca’s, Wernicke’s, STG
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Right Left Hemisphere Differences in Insight Problem Solving: Fiore & Schooler,1997
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Trade-off between Global and Local Systems VisionPerceiving a faint star
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Trade-off between Global and Local Processing: Visual memory- Verbal OvershadowingBasic paradigm
View a faceDescribe it or engage in an unrelated activityLine up
Several reasons to predict verbal description should helpBenefits of verbal rehearsalValue of language
Nevertheless…..
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Face and Statement Recognition Accuracy Schooler & Engstler-Schooler, 1990
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Trade-off between between Global and Local: Visual memoryMacrae & Lewis (2004) examined impact of
Alternative Global Local Focus on face recognition
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Examples of Navon Figures
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Face Recognition Performance Macrae & Lewis (2003)
00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9
Local Control GlobalOrienting Task
Percent Correct
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Trade-off between global/local in Insight. Verbal Overshadowing (Schooler et al 1993)Insight
A dealer in antique coins got an offer to buy a beautiful bronze coin. The coin had an emperors head on one side and the date 544 BC stamped on the other. The dealer examined the coin, but instead of buying it, he called the police. Why?
Non-Insight The police were convinced that either A,B,C, or D had
committed a crime. Each of the suspects, in turn, made a statement, but only one of the four statements was true. Who is telling the true and who committed the crime. A said, “I didn’t do it” B said “A is lying” C said “B is lying” D said “B did it”
B is telling the truth, A committed the crime.
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The Effects of Verbalization on Problem
Solving Schooler, Ohlsson & Brooks, 1993
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Trade-off between between Global and Local: Insight- Temporal ConstrualForster, et al 2004Imagine yourself tomorrow vs a year from now
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Hunt & Carroll 2008 Temporal construal’s simultaneous impact on
Insight (replicating Forster et al)
Verbal overshadowing in face recognition
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Yeomans, Chin, & Schooler in prep
Examined the impact of Navon manipulation on insight problem solving and hemispheric activation
Activation assessed by a line bisection task
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Insight Problem Performance
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Left Hemisphere Activation
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Insight Problem Performance
N.S.
(Controlled for lateralization)
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Parallels between Sight and InsightSimilar information processing
Suddenly apparent coherent organizational structures A particularly powerful shift is the recognition of an additional
dimension Entrenchment reduces possibility of shifting Distinct global and local processing systems Tradeoff between global and local systems
Commonality in actual processes Visual shifts predictive of conceptual shifts
(out of focus pic identification predictive of insight Visual shifts influence conceptual shifts insight
Engaging in visual local processing impairs insight Likely both tap disparities between right and left hemisphere
processing
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ImplicationsOverlap between insight and vision reveal
Striking commonalities between evolutionarily primitive and advanced cognitive processes
Core principles of information extractionCommon systems involved in high and low level
information processing Global local Right hemisphere/ left hemisphere
Suggests that perceptual representations may provide a powerful format for thinking about cognition
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Wild SpeculationsWhat happens when we represent consciousness
in perceptual terms- i.e. as motion through space/time?
Standard view- Reality is dynamic. Objects move, the observer is stationary
Alternative view- Reality is static. The observer moves through static space time
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Example of a Block Universe
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Sample interval of observation
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The observer moving through the block universe
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Moving through the block
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Moving forward
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Every which way
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More of it all
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Could perceptual aesthetics relate to the meaningfulness of an insight?Think of consciousness as moving through a block
universe may not be right but it sure is pretty
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