title: Validation of Italian rebus puzzles and compound remote associate problems.
abstract: Rebus puzzles and compound remote associate problems have been successfully used to study problem solving. These problems are physically compact, often can be solved within short time limits, and have unambiguous solutions, and English versions have been normed for solving rates and levels of difficulty. Many studies on problem solving with sudden insight have taken advantage of these features in paradigms that require many quick solutions (e.g., solution priming, visual hemifield presentations, electroencephalography, fMRI, and eyetracking). In order to promote this vein of research in Italy, as well, we created and tested Italian versions of both of these tests. The data collected across three studies yielded a pool of 88 rebus puzzles and 122 compound remote associate problems within a moderate range of difficulty. This article provides both sets of problems with their normative data, for use in future research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Milano-Bicocca University, Milano, Italy. c.salvi4@campus.unimib.it.|Department of Psychology and Cognitive Brain Mapping Group, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. c.salvi4@campus.unimib.it.
authors.forename: Carola
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salvi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Milano-Bicocca University, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Costantini
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Milano-Bicocca University, Milano, Italy.|NeuroMI-Milan Center for Neuroscience, Milano-Bicocca University, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bricolo
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Milano-Bicocca University, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perugini
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Cognitive Brain Mapping Group, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beeman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D015588:Observer Variation; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Creativity; Insight; Problem solving; Test validation