Study of the Day: Why Crowded Coffee Shops Actually Help Creative Thinking
The next time you’re stumped on a creative challenge, head to a bustling coffee shop, not the library. As the researchers write in their paper, “[I]nstead of burying oneself in a quiet room trying to figure out a solution, walking out of one’s comfort zone and getting into a relatively noisy environment may trigger the brain to think abstractly, and thus generate creative ideas.”
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Why we work out of coffee shops.
Why Crowded Coffee Shops Actually Help Creative Thinking, says recent study.
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Study of the Day: Why Crowded Coffee Shops Actually Help Creative Thinking
The next time you’re stumped on a creative challenge, head to a bustling coffee shop, not the library. As the researchers write in their paper, “[I]nstead of burying oneself in a quiet room trying to figure out a solution, walking out of one’s comfort zone and getting into a relatively noisy environment may trigger the brain to think abstractly, and thus generate creative ideas.”
Read more. [Image: Global X/Flickr]
Why we work out of coffee shops.
Why Crowded Coffee Shops Actually Help Creative Thinking, says recent study.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5xkiv2GD51qcokc4o1_500.jpg)