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Unconscious Thinking

6/6/2012

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I just read a fascinating article in the New Yorker, and thought I would share it. The authors describe a number of studies demonstrating the idea that our mind keeps processing information, even while we are not consciously thinking about the matter at hand. In fact, the authors argue that we can be more creative and generative when we give our thinking mind a break.

It is as if, by constantly attending to and fervently thinking about a particular problem, we are not allowing a part of our minds to access the very information that we may need to "solve" the problem. This seems to be the very mechanism that allows for mental clarity after certain repetitive, if not meditative activities, like running, folding laundry, gardening, taking a walk, etc. It is as if such mundane activities require just enough mental energy to negate the obsessive, ruminative quality of our thinking, thus giving way to the flowing, creative energy of the unconscious processes of our wiser selves. 

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/frontal-cortex/2012/06/the-virtues-of-daydreaming.html?mobify=0%2F
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Jonathan Pangburn
6/7/2012 12:20:08 am

Wow, that was interesting. It's funny, I know it may not be the same thing , but whenever I'm stuck on a job at work, however easy or difficult it may be, if I walk away, forget about it for a few minutes then go back, it always seems effortless to complete!
Keep em coming... Love this stuff

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