Learning psychology from riddles: The case of stumpers

Riddles can teach us psychology when we stop to consider the psychological principles that make them ``work''. This paper studies a particular class of riddles that we call stumpers, and provides analysis of the various principles (some familiar, some novel) that inhibit most people from...

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Main Authors: Maya Bar-Hillel, Tom Noah, Shane Frederick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2018-01-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/17/171117/jdm171117.pdf