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Friday, July 06, 2018

Insights

Neuroscientist John Kounios studies insight using brain scanning and anagrams
Temporal lobe - human brain in x-ray view.
Brain scans showed a burst of high frequency oscillations when puzzles were solved with insight.

July 3, 2018
Insight is that "a-ha!" moment when we get a joke, recognize a hidden image in Where's Waldo, or solve a problem. The Greek mathematician and scientist Archimedes is said to have jumped from his bath and run through the streets naked shouting "Eureka!" after his insight into how to measure the volume of objects by submerging them in water. Understanding insight is important because it has led to some of humanity's most important scientific advances./.../

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