Are Insight Measures Insightful? A Comparison of Different Verbal Tasks Using Self-Reports of Aha! Experience Phenomenology

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dc.abstract.enMeasuring insight is a central challenge in the problem-solving field. Recent studies show that classic insight tasks can be solved through either insightful thinking or analytical thinking. The present work examined relationships between cognitive reasoning tasks and insight tasks. Additionally, we explored differences in insight phenomenology when solving insight puzzles and when completing the Cognitive Reflection Test. We conducted two independent studies. Study 1 was a conceptual replication of previously observed relationships between insight puzzles, the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT), and the Verbal Cognitive Reflection Test (VCRT). Study 2 examined differences between analytical and insightful tasks using self-report insight scales. Five dimensions of insight were measured: suddenness, confidence, pleasure, the Aha! experience, and arousal. Across both studies, insight-puzzle performance correlated positively with reflective tests (CRT and VCRT), consistent with prior findings. In Study 2, Aha! ratings did not differ between insight puzzles and CRT. Unexpectedly, Aha! experience was stronger for VCRT than for insight puzzles. Trial-level analyses that incorporated response accuracy further indicated that Aha! ratings in VCRT and CRT did not reliably differentiate correct from incorrect responses, whereas accuracy effects emerged in other task comparisons. Overall, the dissociation between performance overlap and phenomenology suggests that subjective insight is not uniquely tied to tasks traditionally classified as insight problems and that Aha! experience alone should not be treated as a direct marker of restructuring.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorOlszewska-Kapusta, Angelika
dc.contributor.authorSobków, Agata
dc.date.access2026-06-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-15T06:35:22Z
dc.date.available2026-06-15T06:35:22Z
dc.date.created2026-06-15
dc.date.issued2026-06-11
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.issue2
dc.description.physical158-173
dc.description.sdgNoSDGsAreRelevantForThisPublication
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume22
dc.identifier.doi10.5709/acp-0494-1
dc.identifier.eissn1895-1171
dc.identifier.issn1895-1171
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/2407
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://ac-psych.org/en/issues#art505
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.eninsight problem solving
dc.subject.eninsight puzzles
dc.subject.enCognitive Reflection Test
dc.subject.enRemote Associate Test
dc.subject.eninsight phenomenology
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dc.titleAre Insight Measures Insightful? A Comparison of Different Verbal Tasks Using Self-Reports of Aha! Experience Phenomenology
dc.title.journalAdvances in Cognitive Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
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