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The Key To Genius May Be Learning To Ignore Something Your Brain Wants To Tell You

The Key To Genius May Be Learning To Ignore Something Your Brain Wants To Tell You

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A new study suggests that when brilliant people are thinking creatively, they all do this weird thing: They basically switch off a big part of their brain.
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