Editing Insight (section)

====Non-Human Animals====
Studies on [[primate cognition]] have provided evidence of what may be interpreted as insight in animals. In 1917, [[Wolfgang Köhler]] published his book ''[[The Mentality of Apes]]'', having studied primates on the island of [[Tenerife]] for six years. In one of his experiments, apes were presented with an insight problem that required the use of objects in new and original ways, in order to win a prize (usually, some kind of food). He observed that the animals would continuously fail to get the food, and this process occurred for quite some time; however, rather suddenly, they would purposefully use the object in the way needed to get the food, as if the realization had occurred out of nowhere. He interpreted this behavior as something resembling insight in apes.<ref name="Kohler (1925)">{{cite book|last=Köhler|first=Wolfgang|title=The mentality of apes|year=1999|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-0-415-20979-3|edition=Repr.}}</ref> A more recent study suggested that elephants might also experience insight, showing that a young male elephant was able to identify and move a large cube under food that was out of reach so that he could stand on it to get the reward.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1= Foerder|first1=Preston|last2=Galloway|first2=Marie|last3=Barthel|first3=Tony III|last4= Moore |first4=Donald E.| last5= Reiss|first5=Diana |display-authors= 3 |date=2011-08-18|title=Insightful Problem Solving in an Asian Elephant| journal= PLOS ONE| volume= 6 |issue= 8|pages=e23251|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0023251|pmid=21876741|pmc=3158079|bibcode=2011PLoSO...623251F|issn=1932-6203|doi-access=free}}</ref>