The mechanisms and boundary conditions of the Einstellung effect in chess: evidence from eye movements.

In a wide range of problem-solving settings, the presence of a familiar solution can block the discovery of better solutions (i.e., the Einstellung effect). To investigate this effect, we monitored the eye movements of expert and novice chess players while they solved chess problems that contained a...

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Main Authors: Heather Sheridan, Eyal M Reingold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3790829?pdf=render