In: Psychology
Discuss differences in brain activity associated with solving a problem by insight and solving a problem through step-by-step analysis.
Insight is when a person would be
getting some understanding about a topic. This might be the first
step to problem solving when the why and how of a problem solving
where a person would realise why something is done the way it is
done. This insight is sort of a realisation and has its impact in
our daily lives. Gaining an insight does not only help in problem
solving. It has to be aided with decision making. Only after
decision is taken, there would be actions carried out, and only
then There might be some change in the current situation that is
problematic.
insight occurs when people think of solutions at unconcious levels
where the right hemisphere is seen to be involved. the anterior
superior temporal gyrus does the thinking part when a problem is
solved using an insight. this is because it is seen as a critical
task that would be requiring recognition of the broad relationships
that are associated with the semantics and this helps in
reinterpretation of a problem, helping with an insight.
when the solutions are non insight based, there are complex
processes that are cortical based and include retrieveing memory
after it has been encoded. the problem moves after being recognised
that it is a problem through series intended to solve the problem.
in the trial and error task, there would be ample amount of work
going on in the orbitofrontal cortex for the problem solving.