Right frontal gamma and beta band enhancement while solving a spatial puzzle with insight. Rosen, A. & Reiner, M. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 122:50–55, December, 2017. Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Solving a problem with an 'a-ha' effect is known as insight. Unlike incremental problem solving, insight is sudden and unique, and the question about its distinct brain activity, intrigues many researchers. In this study, electroencephalogram signals were recorded from 12 right handed, human participants before (baseline) and while they solved a spatial puzzle known as the ‘10 coin puzzle’ that could be solved incrementally or by insight. Participants responded as soon as they reached a solution and reported whether the process was incremental or by sudden insight. EEG activity was recorded from 19 scalp locations. We found significant differences between insight and incremental solvers in the Gamma and Beta 2 bands in frontal areas (F8) and in the alpha band in right temporal areas (T6). The right-frontal gamma indicates a process of restructuring which leads to an insight solution, in spatial problems, further suggesting a universal role of gamma in restructuring. These results further suggest that solving a spatial puzzle via insight requires exclusive brain areas and neurological–cognitive processes which may be important for meta-cognitive components of insight solutions, including attention and monitoring of the solution. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)
@article{rosen_right_2017,
	title = {Right frontal gamma and beta band enhancement while solving a spatial puzzle with insight},
	volume = {122},
	issn = {0167-8760},
	url = {https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,uid&db=psyh&AN=2017-53916-005&site=ehost-live},
	doi = {10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.09.008},
	abstract = {Solving a problem with an 'a-ha' effect is known as insight. Unlike incremental problem solving, insight is sudden and unique, and the question about its distinct brain activity, intrigues many researchers. In this study, electroencephalogram signals were recorded from 12 right handed, human participants before (baseline) and while they solved a spatial puzzle known as the ‘10 coin puzzle’ that could be solved incrementally or by insight. Participants responded as soon as they reached a solution and reported whether the process was incremental or by sudden insight. EEG activity was recorded from 19 scalp locations. We found significant differences between insight and incremental solvers in the Gamma and Beta 2 bands in frontal areas (F8) and in the alpha band in right temporal areas (T6). The right-frontal gamma indicates a process of restructuring which leads to an insight solution, in spatial problems, further suggesting a universal role of gamma in restructuring. These results further suggest that solving a spatial puzzle via insight requires exclusive brain areas and neurological–cognitive processes which may be important for meta-cognitive components of insight solutions, including attention and monitoring of the solution. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)},
	journal = {International Journal of Psychophysiology},
	author = {Rosen, A. and Reiner, M.},
	month = dec,
	year = {2017},
	note = {Publisher: Elsevier Science},
	keywords = {Alpha Rhythm, Alpha band, Attention, Beta Rhythm, Beta band, Cognition, Cognition neural oscillations, EEG, Electroencephalography, Frontal Lobe, Gamma Rhythm, Gamma band, Incremental, Insight, Oscillatory Network, Problem Solving, Problem solving, Spatial Ability, Spatial puzzle},
	pages = {50--55},
}

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