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University of Bath researchers have found people approach jigsaws in a number of different ways.
Jigsaws aside, board games still have their place even in 2005/21st century. Do you still play board games? If so, which ones?
University of Bath researchers have found people approach jigsaws in a number of different ways.
"A person's jigsaw strategy closely reflects both their personality and level of skill, and although they may not be as extreme as opportunist or border obsessive, they frequently share behaviour with one of these two extremes." - Dr Hilary Johnson from the Human and Computer Interaction Laboratory
People were asked to complete a 120-piece jigsaw, either alone or in a group and videoed as they did so.
Extreme behaviour was observed. Players were seen refusing to allow a fellow player to touch their part of the jigsaw and squabbling over access to pieces. People were also seen shielding parts of the completed puzzle, hoarding piles of pieces and hiding the picture on the lid from others.
The researchers found that 'border obsessives' focus exclusively on sorting through the entire stock of pieces for the sole purpose of completing the border before concentrating on the rest of the puzzle.
'Opportunists', in contrast, are much more creative in their approach, sorting piles on more complex criteria and completing the puzzle using a range of different methods, such as from the top of the picture down to the bottom, or by concentrating on a major component of the picture depending on the pieces they pick up. Opportunists fared better when completing a jigsaw alone. Border obsessives tended to dominate in groups by controlling decisions and behaviour.
Is this just pure Nonsense or is there some truth in the research? The full article can be read here on the BBC.People were asked to complete a 120-piece jigsaw, either alone or in a group and videoed as they did so.
Extreme behaviour was observed. Players were seen refusing to allow a fellow player to touch their part of the jigsaw and squabbling over access to pieces. People were also seen shielding parts of the completed puzzle, hoarding piles of pieces and hiding the picture on the lid from others.
The researchers found that 'border obsessives' focus exclusively on sorting through the entire stock of pieces for the sole purpose of completing the border before concentrating on the rest of the puzzle.
'Opportunists', in contrast, are much more creative in their approach, sorting piles on more complex criteria and completing the puzzle using a range of different methods, such as from the top of the picture down to the bottom, or by concentrating on a major component of the picture depending on the pieces they pick up. Opportunists fared better when completing a jigsaw alone. Border obsessives tended to dominate in groups by controlling decisions and behaviour.
Jigsaws aside, board games still have their place even in 2005/21st century. Do you still play board games? If so, which ones?
