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====Versus non-insight problems==== Two clusters of problems, those solvable by insight and those not requiring insight to solve, have been observed.<ref name= "Gilhooly & Murphy (2005)">{{cite journal|last1=Gilhooly|first1=K.J.|last2= Murphy| first2= P.|title=Differentiating insight from non-insight problems| journal= Thinking & Reasoning|date=1 August 2005|volume=11|issue=3|pages=279–302 |doi= 10.1080/13546780442000187| s2cid=144379831}}</ref> A person's cognitive flexibility, [[fluency]], and vocabulary ability are predictive of performance on insight problems, but not on non-insight problems.<ref name="Gilhooly & Murphy (2005)" /> In contrast, [[Fluid and crystallized intelligence|fluid intelligence]] is mildly predictive of performance on non-insight problems, but not on insight problems.<ref name="Gilhooly & Murphy (2005)" /> More recent research suggests that rather than {{clarify|text=insight versus search|reason=what's that?|date=August 2023}}, that the subjective feeling of insight varies, with some solutions experienced with a stronger feeling of ''Aha'' than others.<ref>{{multiref2 |1={{Cite journal|last1=Webb| first1= Margaret E. |last2= Little |first2= Daniel R.| last3= Cropper| first3= Simon J. |year= 2016 |title= Insight Is Not in the Problem: Investigating Insight in Problem Solving across Task Types |journal= [[Frontiers in Psychology]] |language= en| volume= 7 |page= 1424 |doi= 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01424 |pmid= 27725805 |pmc= 5035735|issn=1664-1078| doi-access= free }} |2={{Cite journal|last1=Danek|first1=Amory H. |last2= Fraps |first2= Thomas |last3= von Müller| first3= Albrecht |last4= Grothe |first4= Benedikt |last5= Öllinger |first5= Michael |display-authors= 3 |date=2014-12-08 |title=It's a kind of magic—what self-reports can reveal about the phenomenology of insight problem solving|journal=Frontiers in Psychology| volume= 5|page=1408|doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01408|issn=1664-1078 |pmc= 4258999 |pmid=25538658|doi-access=free}} }}</ref>
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