How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas

Title:
How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas
Speaker:
Manoush Zomorodi
Description:

Do you sometimes have your most creative ideas while folding laundry, washing dishes or doing nothing in particular? It's because when your body goes on autopilot, your brain gets busy forming new neural connections that connect ideas and solve problems. Learn to love being bored as Manoush Zomorodi explains the connection between spacing out and creativity.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
16:13
Format: HTML5
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