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Mental Set

Mental Set is a cognitive disposition that predisposes an individual to approach problem-solving tasks using previously successful strategies or patterns of thinking, often inhibiting the adoption of novel or more efficient solutions.

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348

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194

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2017–2026

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Cognitive Set

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Publications

135

Attention and Performance

Harold Pashler, James C. Johnston, Eric Ruthruff · Annual Review of Psychology · 2001 · 1.4K citations

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The effect of Parkinson's disease on the ability to maintain a mental set.

Kenneth A. Flowers, Colin Robertson · Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 1985 · 399 citations · Full text

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Mental Set and Mental Shift Revisited

Amos Spector, Irving Biederman · The American Journal of Psychology · 1976 · 398 citations

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Expertise as mental set: The effects of domain knowledge in creative problem solving

Jennifer Wiley · Memory & Cognition · 1998 · 389 citations · Full text

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Evidence of a detrimental effect of extrinsic incentives on breaking a mental set

Kenneth O. McGraw, John C. McCullers · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1979 · 338 citations

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Authors

348

  1. ZX
    Zhilong Xie

    Jiangxi Normal University, China

    4 publications · 119 citations

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  2. PM
    Peter M. Gollwitzer

    New York University, United States

    3 publications · 378 citations

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  3. MK
    Marcel Kinsbourne

    Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, United States

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  4. ST
    Suzanne T. Witt

    Linköping University, Sweden

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  5. MC
    Michael C. Stevens

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 42 citations

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Institutions

194

  1. Jiangxi Normal University

    Nanchang, China

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    134 citations

  2. Drexel University

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    334 citations

  3. Hartford Hospital

    Hartford, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    84 citations

  4. Hartford Financial Services (United States)

    Hartford, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    84 citations

  5. Crozer-Keystone Health System

    Springfield, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    226 citations

  6. University of Alabama

    Tuscaloosa, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    90 citations

  7. Bar-Ilan University

    Ramat Gan, Israel

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    52 citations

  8. Universidad de Granada

    Granada, Spain

    2 h-index

    16 publications

    296 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Experimental Psychology

    6 publications · 157 citations

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  2. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

    5 publications · 132 citations

    5

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 4 publications · 219 citations

    4

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  4. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 255 citations

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  5. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    4 publications · 537 citations

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