Stepping back to see the big picture: when obstacles elicit global processing

Volume: 101, Issue: 5, Pages: 883 - 901
Published: Nov 1, 2011
Abstract
Can obstacles prompt people to look at the big picture and open up their minds? Do the cognitive effects of obstacles extend beyond the tasks with which they interfere? These questions were addressed in 6 studies involving both physical and nonphysical obstacles and different measures of global versus local null styles. Perceptual scope increased after participants solved anagrams in the presence, rather than the absence, of an auditory null...
Paper Details
Title
Stepping back to see the big picture: when obstacles elicit global processing
Published Date
Nov 1, 2011
Volume
101
Issue
5
Pages
883 - 901
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