Where does your imagination come from?
Brains On! Science podcast for kids
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Imagination and the Brain
Jaden's imagination can be fueled by old memories, but also things you remember watching on tv, seeing in movies or reading in books. Your brain is taking bits and pieces from different memories and experiences then pasting them together. All these things are just using what you know about the way the world really works to create a possibility of something that's magical or not real. When i was little, i used to wish i could fly. I think i probably dreamt it out of that little bit of falling experience, like falling turned into flying in my mind.
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