The Eureka factor : aha moments, creative insight, and the brain /
John Kounios and Mark Beeman.
- First edition.
- xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-263) and index.
New light, new sight -- Insight illustrated -- The box -- All of a sudden ... -- Outside the box, inside the brain -- The best of both worlds -- Tuning out and gearing up -- The incubator -- In the mood -- Your brain knows more than you do -- The insightful and the analyst -- Carrots and sticks -- Far, different, unreal, creative -- The state.
John Kounios and Mark Beeman explain how insights arise and what the scientific research says about stimulating more of them.
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Insight. Intuition. Thought and thinking--Physiological aspects. Higher nervous activity--Measurement. Cognition--Physiological aspects. Cognition--Physiological aspects. Insight. Intuition. Thought and thinking--Physiological aspects. Mental Processes.