New Yorker
July 28th issue (!) had an interesting article about the brain and creative thought or where does the instant clarity come from when trying to solve something (the got it or eureka moment). A cognitive scientist, Jung-Beeman, insists that insight requires the brain to make a a set of distant and unprecedented connections. It would seem that concentration comes with the hidden cost of diminished creativity. Allowing the brain to wander, to relax allows the cortex to seek out more remote associations. Connections are best made in the morning before the brain becomes structured for the day. The drowsy brain is unwound, disorganized and open to all sorts of unconnected ideals.
Basically what I like to hear...more time in the shower before I start my day!
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