Creatures of Habit.
The Einstellung effect renders people blind to more efficient methods after learning to solve a problem in a certain way. New research shows that even when people believe they are surveying new conceptual terrain, their attention remains locked onto familiar features. Experienced chess players ask...
| Publicado en: | Psychology Today Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 27 - 28 |
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Sussex Publishers Inc.
November/December 2008
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