Sleep and Creativity
Sleep plays a crucial role in enhancing creativity, particularly through REM sleep, which boosts problem-solving abilities by 30%. When participants were awakened from REM sleep, they demonstrated a more fluid and divergent approach to solving anagrams, contrasting with the focused, convergent thinking seen after non-REM sleep. This highlights the unique benefits of different sleep stages on cognitive processes, especially in creative insight.In this clip
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Dr. Matt Walker: Using Sleep to Improve Learning, Creativity & Memory | Huberman Lab Guest Series
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