{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["43(4)"],"submitter":["Haugen J"],"funding":["Norges Forskningsråd","The Research Council of Norway"],"pubmed_abstract":["Two studies explore how 4-8-year-old children develop an understanding of aha-experiences. Study 1 used a scenario approach to investigate children's understanding of the impact that having an insight has on affect. Children (N = 125) rated affect of a story character at different timepoints in problem-solving scenarios with and without aha-moments. Study 2 presented children (N = 167) with a story character displaying an aha response and two different stories of problem solving that may have led to the response. Results show that from age 4, children associate aha-experiences with positive affect. However, age differences were observed for triggers of aha-experiences. While 4-5-year-olds attributed aha-experiences to external triggers (the solution), 7-8-year-olds attributed them to menta"],"journal":["The British journal of developmental psychology"],"pagination":["943-957"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12505822"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["How children understand aha-experiences in problem solving."],"pmcid":["PMC12505822"],"pubmed_authors":["Nilsen IBR","Prenevost MH","Reber R","Pons F","Haugen J","Bolstad E"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"How children understand aha-experiences in problem solving.","description":"Two studies explore how 4-8-year-old children develop an understanding of aha-experiences. Study 1 used a scenario approach to investigate children's understanding of the impact that having an insight has on affect. Children (N = 125) rated affect of a story character at different timepoints in problem-solving scenarios with and without aha-moments. Study 2 presented children (N = 167) with a story character displaying an aha response and two different stories of problem solving that may have led to the response. Results show that from age 4, children associate aha-experiences with positive affect. However, age differences were observed for triggers of aha-experiences. While 4-5-year-olds attributed aha-experiences to external triggers (the solution), 7-8-year-olds attributed them to menta","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Nov","modification":"2026-06-04T09:17:46.031Z","creation":"2026-05-07T03:12:18.727Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12505822","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40247640"],"doi":["10.1111/bjdp.12565"]}}