Idle Minds and What They May Say About Intelligence

Re:Idle Minds and What They May Say About Intelligence by MrSafe on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @11:08AM (#1034931)

I wonder if these long distance connections in the brain can be formed through a specific studying technique? For example drawing analogies between seemingly unrelated subjects.

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Re:Idle Minds and What They May Say About Intelligence by tungstenfurnace on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @12:16PM (#1035089)

Yes, it's called day dreaming :-)

This corroborates the theory that long periods of doing nothing help to develop creativity. (Day dreaming makes you smarter; meditation makes you well.)

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Re:Idle Minds and What They May Say About Intelligence by Alex3917 on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @11:54AM (#1035045)

It probably works exactly the way you'd think. When you read books, are they mostly lists of specific facts (e.g. programming books) or books that are insightful? When you're not really doing anything, is your brain just processing the environment or reliving past experiences, or are you looking for patterns and connections?

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Re:Idle Minds and What They May Say About Intelligence by prat on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @11:13AM (#1034943)

Or maybe that's how the "system idle process" naturally looks like - and as soon as mind is focused, all connections get clustered together.

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