Here's how you can try to create your own 'eureka' moments.
Have you ever had a great idea right before you fell asleep — only to forget it the next morning when you wake up? A new study says there’s a reason for that.
This phase puts the mind in a liminal space between sleep and wakefulness called hypnagogia — and it could hold the key to helping us come up with good ideas. The authors of the study based their experiment on a technique famously used by inventor Thomas Edison who reportedly napped while holding a ball in each hand. As soon as he fell asleep, the balls fell to the floor and woke him up. It’s said that he was able to recall new, bright ideas using this method.
during which they were allowed to relax in a reclined position while holding an object. If the object fell — presumably after they nodded off — the participants were asked to tell the researchers what they were thinking before they let the object go. They then were given the math problems again.
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