“The Penny Drops”
by Kathryn Friedlander and Philip Fine
Philip Fine and I have just published a second article on cryptic crosswords – this time on the ‘PDM’, and how cryptics might help us, as psychologists, to understand the processes behind insight moments.… Continue reading
Results of Survey 3
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Mr K here again. A big thank you to the 979 blog readers who filled out our recent survey. It is gratifying indeed to see how many blog visitors were willing to take the time to complete a rather long survey. … Continue reading
Which puzzles do you solve regularly?
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When Mr K first told me that he would like to run a survey I agreed, but told him that earlier polls had been been filled in by around 30 people so he was not to expect a huge response. You can imagine my surprise, and pleasure, when that first survey hit 1,500 (which is about 20% of the estimated number of visitors to the site each day). We have agreed that we will only do these surveys sparingly, so I hope you won’t mind giving us your views on this one. BD
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Results of the Survey on Solving Times, Use of Aids, & Ratings
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Mr Kitty here. A big thank you to the 352 solvers who filled out my survey on their experience with last Tuesday’s back-page puzzle, DT 28566. … Continue reading
Results of the Reader Survey
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I was blown away by the response to my survey – I thought we’d be doing well to get 100 surveys back, but after a week almost 1500 had been filled out! … Continue reading
Please complete a short survey
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Preliminary results have been very impressive, with responses from about 10% of the estimated readership.
If you haven’t already done so, please complete the survey. BD
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Cryptic Crossword Research
by Kathryn Friedlander and Philip Fine
Many of you kindly helped us in our research by completing a very detailed survey of personal background and solving habits, advertised via this board in 2010. We’ve just published some of the results from this large-scale survey in the Open Access international journal ‘Frontiers’, and a link is available here for anyone who is interested in downloading and reading the findings (click on the Download Article button for a pdf).… Continue reading
Problem-solving ability is key to Cryptic Crossword Success
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Researchers:
Dr. Philip Fine and Dr. Kathryn Friedlander, University of Buckingham
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