Episode 23: Game, Mental Set, Match

Cognitive Gamer by Stephen Blessing

Mar 19, 201918:49Games & Hobbies

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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