Talk:Eureka effect

New Paragraph

Hi, I have added a paragraph about the origin of the term, hope no one objects. I hope to add more paragraphs soon. Quasihuman (talk) 12:28, 26 March 2010 (UTC) I have now added a section on the cognitive science of the eureka effect, I hope to add more in this section soonQuasihuman (talk) 21:46, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

To do

Hi, I thought I might add a list of what I see as areas needing work:

1. Expand Other theories, perhaps putting in something about gestalt, more on Bühler perhaps, if someone can find an English reference setting out his theories on this.
2. Add Expand section of examples
3. Add section on "in popular culture" if enough examples can be found
4. Use citation templates for references

Feel free to ignore this or add to this as you see fit. I would like to have more editors working on this article (so far it seems to be just me) Quasihuman (talk) 00:58, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Revising Examples

I am thinking of removing the examples section & introducing a "The eureka effect in science" section for a more detailed discussion of the impact of the eureka effect on scientific discovery, and perhaps at some later point, a section of the eureka effect on other fields. I've become a little suspicious of having a list of examples, as I think it would be hard to draw the line, and we could end up with a very big list. Any opinions?Quasihuman (talk) 22:25, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

  Some examples are significant. I'm thinking of when a teacher in electrical engineering

once showed us a picture which supposedly was the Eureka moment inspiration for the inventor of the 'phase-locked loop' circuit. It was like a cartoon image of a fox chasing a chicken in circles over a fence (ie. fox jumps over fence always just missing the chicken, which has gone over the fence to the side that the fox was on a moment ago etc. etc.) Signed JohnsonL623 (talk) 10:02, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Feel free to edit the article yourself if you think you could add more examples. It sounds like an interesting example, but I would be wary about introducing too much technical details that are not directly related to the topic of the article. Try to find a source for this (a textbook or website for example). Quasihuman (talk) 20:54, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Back to eureka

I went ahead and moved (by re-merging) the article to Eureka effect. Eureka effect gives it better punctuation, and Google hits seems to give it to the more common name. However, no prejudice against a requested move if the other title is preferred. Cheers, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 18:34, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Aha! Effect

In the opening section, shouldn't it now be referred to as the Eureka! Effect? It seems odd that the title is Eureka effect but then there is only a small mention that it is also known as this. I realise the article has just been merged, and don't want to step on any toes so thought I should bring it here before making the changes. -ross616- (talk) 18:28, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

I almost agree with you. It should be referred to as the Eureka effect, because that is the article's name. Lova Falk talk 18:42, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

So is that an ok to make the changes? I propse this: The Eureka! effect, named for a story relating to the Greek polymath Archimedes, refers to the common human experience of suddenly understanding a previously incomprehensible problem or concept. The Eureka! effect is sometimes also known as the Aha! effect. The Eureka! Effect got its name... (insert bit about Archimedes already in the article)

As far as I can see, this is the easiest way to do it as we can keep all the old citations and information but it still makes sense. 07:46, 2 October 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by -ross616- (talk • contribs)

Apart from the exclamation mark I agree with changing the first sentence. However, I would do it like this:

The Eureka effect, also known as the Aha! effect, refers to the common human experience of suddenly understanding a previously incomprehensible problem or concept. The Eureka effect got its name... (insert bit about Archimedes already in the article) Lova Falk talk 07:52, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Oprah's view of "Aha!"

Oprah's view of "Aha!" sounds very similar to Repentance, which means to change after one's recognition of past wrongs. In other words, if an individual's life doesn't work out, "try try again... but this time in a different way." Enlightenment may be considered too. Aha! 140.254.226.244 (talk) 15:31, 15 January 2013 (UTC)