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You can help your brain be more insightful.

Neuroscientists are thinking about insight. This New Yorker article summarises “insights about insight”.

They say that to have insight into a problem, we must stop focusing on it. Hence the epiphanies we tend to have in the shower, while shaving, putting on make up or when lying in bed in the morning. I have begun “disciplining” myself to take an extra 10 – 20 minutes lying awake in bed in the morning, and my problem-solving has become less stressful. Love it!

If neurology is your favourite thing and you want to improve your own brain, then try That Memory Book – How to Deal with Distractability, Forgetfulness and Other Unnerving Hijinks of the Middle-Aged Brain.

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