The Cognitive Neuroscience of Insight

Noninvasive transcranial direct current stimulation over the left prefrontal cortex facilitates cognitive flexibility in tool use

(2013) Evangelia G. Chrysikou et al.   Cognitive Neuroscience

Enhancing cognitive control components of insight problems solving by anodal tDCS of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

(2012) Nili Metuki et al.   Brain Stimulation

Brain stimulation enables the solution of an inherently difficult problem

(2012) Richard P. Chi et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Exploring the neural correlates of visual creativity

(2012) Lisa Aziz-Zadeh et al.   Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Individual Differences in EEG Spectral Power Reflect Genetic Variance in Gray and White Matter Volumes

(2012) Dirk J. A. Smit et al.   Twin Research and Human Genetics

Uncovering Camouflage: Amygdala Activation Predicts Long-Term Memory of Induced Perceptual Insight

(2011) Rachel Ludmer et al.   NEURON

Facilitate Insight by Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

(2011) Richard P. Chi et al.   PLoS One

The time course of breaking mental sets and forming novel associations in insight-like problem solving: an ERP investigation

(2011) Junlong Luo et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

A Taxonomy of External and Internal Attention

(2010) Marvin M. Chun et al.   Annual Review of Psychology

Shaping Functional Architecture by Oscillatory Alpha Activity: Gating by Inhibition

(2010) Ole Jensen et al.   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

A review of EEG, ERP, and neuroimaging studies of creativity and insight.

(2010) Arne Dietrich et al.   PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN

Construal-level theory of psychological distance.

(2010) Yaacov Trope et al.   PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW

How perceptual processes help to generate new meaning: An EEG study of chunk decomposition in Chinese characters

(2009) Lili Wu et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

A cognitive neuroscience hypothesis of mood and depression

(2009) Moshe Bar   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

“Aha!”: The neural correlates of verbal insight solutions

(2008) Lisa Aziz-Zadeh et al.   HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING

Inferences during Story Comprehension: Cortical Recruitment Affected by Predictability of Events and Working Memory Capacity

(2008) Sandra Virtue et al.   JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

A Brain Mechanism for Facilitation of Insight by Positive Affect

(2008) Karuna Subramaniam et al.   JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Posterior Beta and Anterior Gamma Oscillations Predict Cognitive Insight

(2008) Bhavin R. Sheth et al.   JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Deconstructing Insight: EEG Correlates of Insightful Problem Solving

(2008) Simone Sandkühler et al.   PLoS One

Hemispheric differences in processing the literal interpretation of idioms: Converging evidence from behavioral and fMRI studies

(2007) Nira Mashal et al.   CORTEX

The origins of insight in resting-state brain activity

(2007) John Kounios et al.   NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA