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Learning psychology from riddles: The case of stumpers

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  • Bar-Hillel, Maya
  • Noah, Tom
  • Frederick, Shane

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Riddles can teach us psychology when we stop to consider the psychological principles that make them “work”. This paper studies a particular class of riddles that we call stumpers, and provides analysis of the various principles (some familiar, some novel) that inhibit most people from finding the correct solution – or any solution – even though they find the answers obvious ex post. We restrict our analysis to four stumpers, propose the psychological antecedents of each, and provide experimental support for our conjectures.

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  • Bar-Hillel, Maya & Noah, Tom & Frederick, Shane, 2018. "Learning psychology from riddles: The case of stumpers," Judgment and Decision Making, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(1), pages 112-122, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:judgdm:v:13:y:2018:i:1:p:112-122_9
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