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Is there any scientific literature on the "shower principle" (i.e., taking a break from a task leads to unexpected insights)?

Folk cognitive psychology has it that doing activities that remove you from your intellectual work (such as taking a shower or, like Einstein is reported to have done when it a rut, playing the violin) increases your changeschances of having unexpected insights. Is there a name for this phenomenon and a dedicated scientific literature for it?

Is there any scientific literature on the "shower principle"?

Folk cognitive psychology has it that doing activities that remove you from your intellectual work (such as taking a shower or, like Einstein is reported to have done when it a rut, playing the violin) increases your changes of having unexpected insights. Is there a name for this phenomenon and a dedicated scientific literature for it?

Is there any scientific literature on the "shower principle" (i.e., taking a break from a task leads to unexpected insights)?

Folk cognitive psychology has it that doing activities that remove you from your intellectual work (such as taking a shower or, like Einstein is reported to have done when it a rut, playing the violin) increases your chances of having unexpected insights. Is there a name for this phenomenon and a dedicated scientific literature for it?

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Is there any scientific literature on the "shower principle"?

Folk cognitive psychology has it that doing activities that remove you from your intellectual work (such as taking a shower or, like Einstein is reported to have done when it a rut, playing the violin) increases your changes of having unexpected insights. Is there a name for this phenomenon and a dedicated scientific literature for it?