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  • He gave subjects a standard test of creativity known as the Duncker candle problem.

    The Superstar Effect Jonah Lehrer 2010

  • He gave subjects a standard test of creativity known as the Duncker candle problem.

    The Superstar Effect Jonah Lehrer 2010

  • He gave subjects a standard test of creativity known as the Duncker candle problem.

    The Superstar Effect Jonah Lehrer 2010

  • One test was the so-called Duncker candle problem.

    Fast Company 2009

  • "They're not like Saratoga and Belmont," Duncker said.

    A Lifelong Taste for Horse Racing Ben Cohen 2011

  • Steven Duncker, now the chairman of the New York Racing Association—by visiting Fairmount Park and Cahokia Downs, which he called "pretty seedy" tracks across the Mississippi River.

    A Lifelong Taste for Horse Racing Ben Cohen 2011

  • "They're not like Saratoga and Belmont," Duncker said.

    A Lifelong Taste for Horse Racing Ben Cohen 2011

  • Steven Duncker, now the chairman of the New York Racing Association—by visiting Fairmount Park and Cahokia Downs, which he called "pretty seedy" tracks across the Mississippi River.

    A Lifelong Taste for Horse Racing Ben Cohen 2011

  • Take the candle box problem developed by German psychologist Karl Duncker in 1945.

    Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010

  • Duncker asked people to figure out how to attach a candle to a vertical wall using only a box of tacks, a candle, and a book of matches.

    Choke Ph.D. Sian Beilock 2010

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