From unconscious to conscious: Executive deactivation drives information replacement in insight problem-solving

Key Points

• The study aims to explore how weakly associated information moves from the unconscious to conscious awareness and the role of executive functions in this process.
• Development of a hypothesis model on unconscious information processing.
• Use of various behavioral and neurological techniques.
• Investigation of brain activation during insight problem-solving.
• Demonstrates that weak association information transitions from the unconscious to conscious.
• Finds that executive function regulates the replacement of information during this process.
• Reveals mechanisms underlying creative problem-solving.