The Brain, Inspired
New research into the brain provides intriguing information about the neural activity associated with moments of sudden insight.
New research into the brain provides intriguing information about the neural activity associated with moments of sudden insight. A study at the University of British Columbia examined how groups of frontal cortex neurons in rat brains switch from encoding a familiar rule to a completely novel rule that could only be deduced through trial and error. As the animals figured out the new rule, their brains exhibited a abrupt shift to a new pattern—as if the network had experienced an “a-ha” moment.
