Link: The Science of Idling

Thank you to American publisher and activist Bernard Marszalek for alerting us to these two pieces on the science of idling from Nature.

The first tells us what the brain does when it’s idling, and the answer is, quite a lot: Click here to read IDLE MINDS.

The second presents the results of a study of improvising rappers, and concludes that creativity is a function of a relaxed brain: Click here to read RAPPERS’ BRAINS.