
CognitionMarch 1, 2014
Why Your First Idea Can Blind You to a Better One
While we are working through a problem, the brain’s tendency to stick with familiar ideas can literally blind us to superior solutions
Peter McLeod is an emeritus fellow at Queen’s College at the University of Oxford. He is a trustee of the Oxford Foundation for Theoretical Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence.

Why Your First Idea Can Blind You to a Better One
While we are working through a problem, the brain’s tendency to stick with familiar ideas can literally blind us to superior solutions