Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120319:20:48:00
The shower. we're most relaxed and forced to let our mind wander. scientists have given undergraduates in brain scans these puzzles for a part of the brain called super interior vortex, just behind the ear, that shows a slight spike in activity just before you have the epiphany. this is a brain area no one knows too much about. it's been associated with jokes, when you hear the punchline of a joke. what it seems to be very good at is drawing together unseemingly good ideas. when you need a big idea, whether it's for a newspaper column or for how to invent the next gadget, that's typically wher...