{"pk":27011,"title":"Interactivity and Ego Depletion in Insight Problem Solving","subtitle":null,"abstract":"In the triangle of coins problem coins are arranged tocreate a triangle pointing down and the solution involvesmoving a few coins to change its orientation. The taskecology can be designed such that participants can workon it in a low interactivity environment, maintaining amental representation of simulated moves, or in a highinteractivity environment, thinking with and through aphysical model of the problem. These task ecologiesinvolve working memory to a different degree: Problemsolving draws more on working memory the lower thedegree of physical interaction. Participants first engagedin a writing task that required vigilance to inhibitcommon word choices, a degree of self regulationdesigned to induce a so-called ego depletion;participants then worked on the ToC problem in either alow or high interactivity environment. Solution rateswere determined by level of interactivity; the precedingdepletion experience did not impact performance.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Interactivity"},{"word":"ego depletion"},{"word":"insight problemsolving"},{"word":"working memory"}],"section":"Talks: Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6g6888zr","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Frédéric","middle_name":"","last_name":"Vallée-Tourangeau","name_suffix":"","institution":"Kingston University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2017-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/27011/galley/16647/download/"}]}