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Direct linkMacGregor, James N.; Cunningham, John B. – Journal of Problem Solving, 2009
Insight problem solving is characterized by restructuring. We hypothesized that the difficulty of rebus puzzles could be manipulated by systematically varying the restructurings required to solve them. An experiment using rebus puzzles varied the number of restructurings (one or two) required to solve a problem and the level at which the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Numbers, Difficulty Level, Puzzles
