Dan Kohn's Blog

The Einstellung effect is a phenomenon that occurs when designers are so used to approaching problems in some ways that they overlook better ways. It is a cognitive trap arising from a desire to find familiar features in problems and reuse shortcuts. So, experience can prime the mind and block creative problem-solving.

Full article at: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/einstellung-effect

https://www.jameco.com/Jameco/workshop/JamecoBuilds/how-to-build-a-robot.html

https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-discover-the-perfect-way-to-multiply-20190411/