{"id":1969,"date":"2013-09-26T09:35:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T16:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meandyouis.us\/charles\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2013-09-26T09:35:48","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T16:35:48","slug":"brains-most-creative-in-dormant-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meandyouis.us\/charles\/brains-most-creative-in-dormant-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Brains most creative in dormant state"},"content":{"rendered":"

Within a few years after his discovery, Raichle was able to determine why our brains get so busy when we\u2019re absentmindedly doing nothing: it\u2019s our default mental state. In other words, a wandering mind may be something hardwired into our mental machinery. It turns out that our default state is most engaged when we\u2019re doing something that doesn\u2019t require much conscious attention: driving, staring off into space, daydreaming. What Raichle\u2019s fMRI studies showed conclusively was that during the absentminded default state previously assumed to be one of mental dormancy, the brain is in fact at its most creative. Matthew May, Laws of Subtraction<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve always felt more creative when I am distracted. I almost have too much to think about most of the time (my mind is in a active, non-dormant state).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Within a few years after his discovery, Raichle was able to determine why our brains get so busy when we\u2019re absentmindedly doing nothing: it\u2019s our default mental state. In other words, a wandering mind may be something hardwired into our mental machinery. 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