It could be the solution to a difficult problem that’s plagued our minds all day or a great idea for the next big motion picture or even a good rebuttal against an argument someone else made earlier in the week. But these creative and deep thoughts happen somewhere we would least expect. It happens while we are showering. Why do our best ideas come from the shower?
Let’s say that you thought long and hard about a puzzling problem all day. When you jump in the shower, something interesting happens. Psychologists call this the incubation period- a time where we allow our subconscious to do work. By relaxing our minds with a monotonous task, we free up our conscious mind such that our subconscious mind may be able to “incubate” about problem. When the solution is transferred to the conscious mind, we experience this “aha!” moment. This is not only…
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