Researchers confirmed that the beloved activity can have a positive impact on our creative problem-solving skills.

By Tarun Sai Lomte A quick nap with deep N2 sleep could unlock hidden insights, as scientists find brainwave patterns during ...

A new study finds that entering N2 sleep—a deep phase of non-rapid eye movement sleep—may help lead to more “eureka” ...

"Sleeping on it," especially dropping deeper than a doze, might help people gain insight into certain kinds of tasks, ...

“If you have an ‘aha! moment’ while learning something, it almost doubles your memory,” said Cabeza. “There are few memory effects that are as powerful as this. ...

This was, in turn, an “aha moment” for the researchers. The DeepSeek team published a DeepSeek R1 research paper on GitHub, where they posted the following image. DeepSeek R1’s “aha moment.” ...

Lastly, stronger “aha!” experiences were associated with greater connectivity between these different brain regions. “The different regions communicate with each other more efficiently,” Cabeza said.

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Her aha moment: A few years ago, my baby brother died of an aneurysm at age 36. This changed my life—I quit saying no. I knew I was meant to do more.

That 'aha' moment when you come back to a puzzle and immediately figure it out? Something fascinating is going on in your brain. A new study using functional magnetic resonance imaging shows that ...