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106: Naps!

Time and Attention

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The Neuroscience of Scatter Focus

Sally Kohn: We essentially deliberately let our mind wander so it unearths ideas. This is the mode that your mind goes into when you're taking a shower, and all these ideas come up. She says sleeping, napping, dreaming are neural correlates to daydreaming. Kohn: So we do get the creative benefits in addition to the productivity benefits there too.

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