Channel: SciShow Psych

Category: Education

Tags: greeneducationlearninsight problemhankeegwhy do we have bright ideas in the shower?inspirationbrainscishowinsightpsychologyeureka effectshower thoughtsincubationscienceanalytical problembrit garnerorbitofrontal cortex

Description: This episode is brought to you by the Music for Scientists album! Stream the album on major music services here: streamlink.to/music-for-scientists. Check out “The Idea” music video here: youtube.com/watch?v=tUyT94aGmbc. Have you ever had a great idea or a burst of insight while taking a shower? Well, it turns out that shower thoughts are more than just an internet phenomenon, and understanding them better can help us harness their power for good! Hosted by: Brit Garner ---------- Support SciShow Psych by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShowPsych SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at scishowtangents.org ---------- Become a Patron and have your name featured in the description of every SciShow Psych episode! patreon.com/SciShowPsych ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: facebook.com/scishow Twitter: twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10699-020-09692-y onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jocb.126 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3115302 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5035115 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-16354-3_80 smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/sometimes-scientific-eureka-moment-really-does-change-world-180968331 newyorker.com/magazine/2008/07/28/the-eureka-hunt oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100453814 sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811920302445 Images: istockphoto.com/photo/confused-afro-guy-has-too-many-questions-gm1159063564-316814577 istockphoto.com/photo/plunger-in-a-sink-gm976975412-265662902 istockphoto.com/photo/handyman-lying-on-floor-repairing-sink-gm909317026-250459991 istockphoto.com/photo/question-marks-and-light-bulb-gm1208625534-349423558 istockphoto.com/photo/idea-concept-copy-space-gm1264555795-370402662 istockphoto.com/vector/isaac-newton-gm536832583-57569842 istockphoto.com/photo/luxury-travel-romantic-couple-in-beach-hotel-gm1213840216-352931300 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orbitofrontal_cortex.gif istockphoto.com/photo/light-bulbs-drawn-on-colorful-sticky-notes-gm1226583757-361448034 istockphoto.com/photo/millennial-indian-woman-relax-at-workplace-taking-nap-gm1208856008-349584111 istockphoto.com/photo/woman-reading-a-huge-book-has-a-good-idea-gm669765298-122430543 istockphoto.com/vector/umbrella-rain-gm636035456-112601093 istockphoto.com/vector/bathtub-with-foam-bubbles-and-shower-vector-illustration-isolated-on-white-flat-gm843120518-137780009 istockphoto.com/vector/light-bulb-with-rays-lighting-electric-lamp-creative-idea-solution-thinking-concept-gm1149246206-310650269