Fig. 1. Experiment.

Fig 2. Time span of anagram recognition in 2-6 series.

Table 1. Experiment

Table 2. Time of insight and analytical decisions in two groups, ms

Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the RFBR grant No. 18-013-00765

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