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Episode 23: Game, Mental Set, Match
Game players often get stuck, either not seeing how to properly use an object in the game or perhaps persisting in an inefficient strategy. I discuss two such mental sets, functional fixedness and Einstellung. Game Refer...
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Episode 23: Game, Mental Set, Match is an episode from Cognitive Gamer by Stephen Blessing. Game players often get stuck, either not seeing how to properly use an object in the game or perhaps persisting in an inefficient strategy. I discus...
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Published Mar 19, 2019, 18:49 long, audio available.
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