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Solving stumpers, CRT and CRAT: Are the abilities related?

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  • Maya Bar-Hillel
  • Tom Noah
  • Shane Frederick

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Bar-Hillel, Noah and Frederick (2018) studied a class of riddles they called stumpers, which have simple, but curiously elusive, solutions. A canonical example is: "Andy is Bobbie's brother, but Bobbie is not Andy's brother. How come?" Though not discussed there, we found that the ability to solve stumpers correlates significantly with performance on items resembling the CRT (Cognitive Reflection Test) but not with performance on items from the CRAT (Compound Remote Associates Test). We report those results here.

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  • Maya Bar-Hillel & Tom Noah & Shane Frederick, 2019. "Solving stumpers, CRT and CRAT: Are the abilities related?," Discussion Paper Series dp729, The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
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    1. Maya Bar-Hillel & Tom Noah & Shane Frederick, 2018. "Learning psychology from riddles: The case of stumpers," Discussion Paper Series dp714, The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
    2. Shane Frederick, 2005. "Cognitive Reflection and Decision Making," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 19(4), pages 25-42, Fall.
    3. Maya Bar-Hillel & Tom Noah & Shane Frederick, 2018. "Learning psychology from riddles: The case of stumpers," Judgment and Decision Making, Society for Judgment and Decision Making, vol. 13(1), pages 112-122, January.
    4. Keela S. Thomson & Daniel M. Oppenheimer, 2016. "Investigating an alternate form of the cognitive reflection test," Judgment and Decision Making, Society for Judgment and Decision Making, vol. 11(1), pages 99-113, January.
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