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If when you are in the bath it is when you feel more inspired and always regrets not having a notepad next door, know that this experience is natural. It is all about your mood.
“People are always surprised when they realize that they have new and interesting ideas in unexpected heights, because Our cultural narrative tells us that we should do it through hard work“, Says Kalina Christoff, cognitive neuroscientist, to.” It’s a very universal human experience. “
The secret to this storm of ideas that comes when we are less ready for her has a reason a Standard of brain activity – Within what is called the network in a predefined way – which occurs when an individual is resting or performing habitual tasks that do not require much attention.
A Network in a predefined way (DMN)-which connects more than a dozen regions of the brain-becomes more active during the deambulation of the mind or in passive tasks. And this is great for creativity.
Of course, “other networks come into action for modification, rejection or implementation of ideas,” says neuroscientist Roger Beaty, so we shouldn’t just wait in the shower that ideas come to us.
But this network, explains the expert, is “involved in the early stages of the generation of ideas, using past experiences and knowledge of the world.” “When you are not actively working on a problem, the brain continues to rotate and it is possible to restructure the elements of the problemthe pieces are shifted and something click“DMN” helps you combine information in different ways and simulate possibilities. “
“When your mind moves away from a situation and enters inner daydream, that’s where it can have creative ideas,” says scientist Jonathan Schooler. “In this pleasant state, it is allowing thoughts to cross your mind in a fun way.” Do not forget, he adds, “sometimes, you have to do the work of Create a troubled space – which establishes the foundations for the emergence of spontaneous ideas ”.
