Why 'Sleeping On It' Helps

Luba · 10-27-2009, 08:24 AM

Why 'Sleeping on It' Helps - Yahoo! News

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Unconscious thinkers in this experiment appear to weight the relative importance of diagnostic information more accurately than conscious thinkers did.

As always, these results must be taken with a grain of salt. The experiment was conducted only on undergraduates and may not generalize to other age groups or people with different educational backgrounds. Furthermore, other research has not found a significant performance difference between unconscious thinkers and conscious thinkers, and unconscious thought is not always the mode to rely on when faced with a complex decision (e.g., you can't use this for gambling and certain kinds of information).

But for certain kinds of decisions - those that are complex and where you have some expertise - "sleeping on it" may be more helpful than spending minutes or hours of conscious thought on it. The brain makes good unconscious decisions when we let it.

LovingSpirit · 10-27-2009, 09:38 AM

I will keep that in mind and sleep on it.

Luba · 10-27-2009, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by LovingSpirit

I will keep that in mind and sleep on it.

LOVE that! LOVE your sense of humour!

10-27-2009, 09:38 AM	#2
LovingSpirit Trusted Resource Join Date: Oct 2009 My Communication Style: Honest, Supportive Posts: 1,580	Re: Why 'Sleeping On It' Helps I will keep that in mind and sleep on it.

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