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finding:erp-study-of-chinese-riddles-localized-the-n380-aha-effect-marker-generator-to-the-anterior-cingulate-cortex-associated-with-breaking-of-mental-set-mai-et-al-2004

ERP study of Chinese riddles localized the N380 (aha effect marker) generator to the anterior cingulate cortex, associated with breaking of mental set (Mai et al., 2004).

Neural evidence linking aha moment to ACC and model restructuring

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Active Inference, Curiosity and Insight

(2017) · Karl Friston · Marco Lin · Chris Frith · Giovanni Pezzulo +2

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We hypothesize that insight produces a profound reduction in the latency of evoked neuronal responses when subjects know the meaning of cues (have learned a rule), equivalently an increase in ERP amplitude to initial cues in a sequence.
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Empirically testable neural prediction of the active inference model of insight

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