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0 pointslaserlight3y ago0 comments

> I often have the experience of banging away at some problem for a few hours, then going away and not thinking about it for a while then a simple resolution pops into my mind without much effort.

This phenomenon is explained by focused vs. diffused modes of thinking, which I first heard about in Learning How to Learn MOOC [0]. There are many popular articles on the Web explaining the concept.

[0] https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

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april_223y ago

This looks like a real solid course, thanks for sharing!

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0 pointslaserlight3y ago0 comments

> I often have the experience of banging away at some problem for a few hours, then going away and not thinking about it for a while then a simple resolution pops into my mind without much effort.

This phenomenon is explained by focused vs. diffused modes of thinking, which I first heard about in Learning How to Learn MOOC [0]. There are many popular articles on the Web explaining the concept.

[0] https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn