Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation. Large Stakes and Big Mistakes. Nina Mazar + Author Affiliations Received August 1, 2006.
Accepted July 1, 2008. The influence of strength of drive on functional fixedness and perceptual recognition. Functional fixedness. Functional fixedness is a cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used.
The concept of functional fixedness originated in Gestalt Psychology, a movement in psychology that emphasizes holistic processing. Karl Duncker defined functional fixedness as being a "mental block against using an object in a new way that is required to solve a problem. Lera Boroditsky: How Language Shapes Thought. Bio Lera Boroditsky Lera Boroditsky is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and Editor in Chief of Frontiers in Cultural Psychology.
Professor Boroditsky does research in cognitive science with a specific focus on cognitive linguistics. She studies language and cognition, specifically focusing on interactions between language, cognition, and perception. She received her B.A. from Northwestern University and her Ph.D. from Stanford University, where her thesis advisor was Gordon Bower. Mark Pagel: How language transformed humanity.
TEDxSydney - David Chalmers - The Extended Mind.