
Aha! Moments Pop Up from below the Level of Conscious Awareness
People in a study handily solved puzzles while juggling an unrelated mental task by relying on spontaneous insight, not analytic thinking
Emily Laber-Warren directs the health and science reporting program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.
People in a study handily solved puzzles while juggling an unrelated mental task by relying on spontaneous insight, not analytic thinking
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10 innovations that are radical enough to alter our lives
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