You gleefully say, "I just thought of something!", when in fact your brain performed an enormous amount of work before your moment of genius struck. When an idea is served up from behind the scenes, your neural circuitry has been working on it for hours or days or years, consolidating information and trying out new combinations. But you take credit without further wonderment at the vast, hidden machinery behind the scenes.


Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain (ed. Vintage, 2011) - ISBN: 9780307379788

David Eagleman Quotes

You gleefully say, I just thought of something!, when in fact your brain performed an enormous amount of work before your moment of genius struck....

You gleefully say, I just thought of something!, when in fact your brain performed an enormous amount of work before your moment of genius struck....

You gleefully say, I just thought of something!, when in fact your brain performed an enormous amount of work before your moment of genius struck....

You gleefully say, I just thought of something!, when in fact your brain performed an enormous amount of work before your moment of genius struck....