Ut Na Sio

Postdoctoral Researcher

Psychology Department,

Carnegie Mellon University

 

e-mail: unsio@cmu.edu

 


 

My research interests lie in examining the constraints that inhibit the retrieval of relevant memory during problem solving, and understanding the complementary roles of conscious and unconscious thoughts in problem solving.  Before joining Carnegie Mellon University, I did my PhD and a one-year postdoc in the Psychology Department at Lancaster University in UK, examining the role of incubation and sleep in insight problem solving.  Currently, I am working with Prof Ken Kotovsky and Prof Jonathan Cagan (Department of Mechanical Engineering) examining the cognitive factors that influence team problem solving performance.

 

 

 

Publication

Journal Article

á     Sio, U. N., Monaghan, P., & Ormerod, T. C. (in press). Sleep on a problem, but only if itÕs difficult: Effects of sleep on problem solving. Memory and Cognition. pdf

 

á     Sio, U. N. & Ormerod, T. C. (2009). Does incubation enhance problem solving? A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 135, 94-120. pdf

 

á      Sio, U. N. & Rudowicz, E. (2007). The role of an incubation period in creative problem solving. Creativity Research Journal, 19(2-3), 307-318. pdf

 

á      Sio, U. N. (2006). The effect of expertise on creative problem solving. International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving, 16(1), 65-74.

 

Conference Proceedings/Abstract

á     Monaghan, P., Ormerod, T. C., & Sio, U. N. (2012). Modelling Small Worlds in Problem Solving. 13th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop. Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, San Sebastian, Spain.

á     Sio, U. N. (2011). An Experimental Approach to the Study of Insight. Symposium on ÒIntegrating Laboratory Paradigms and Ethnographic Field Studies For Advancing Analyses of Creative ProcessesÓ. Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Design (DESIRE Network), Eindhoven, Netherlands.

á     Sio, U. N., Monaghan, P., & Ormerod, T. C. (2011). Sleep on the ProblemÉonly When It is a Difficult One. The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, US.

á     Sio, U. N., Monaghan, P., & Ormerod, T. C. (2011). Sleep Promotes Insight for Verbal and Spatial Problems. Experimental Psychological Society Meeting, London, UK.

á     Sio, U. N. & Ormerod, T. C. (2009). The Moderating Effect of Problem Difficulty and Cognitive Loading of Incubation Tasks on Incubation. Symposium on ÒInsight and Creative Problem Solving" at British Psychological Conference Annual Conference, Hertfordshire, UK.

á     Sio, U. N. & Ormerod, T. C. (2009). The mechanisms underlying incubation in problem solving: Evidence for unconscious cue assimilation. In N.A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Amsterdam: Cognitive Science Society. pdf