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facts and familiar solutions

scan remote memories that could be vaguely relevant

searches for unseen patterns, alternative meanings, and high-level abstractions.

In a flash, the brain pulls together these disparate shreds of thought and binds them into a new single idea that enters consciousness

Now the brain must evaluate the idea it just generated

Highly creative people are very good at marshaling their brains into bilateral mode

When faculty of a major Chinese university asked Plucker to identify trends in American education, he described our focus on standardized curriculum, rote memorization, and nationalized testing. “After my answer was translated, they just started laughing out loud,” Plucker says. “They said, ‘You’re racing toward our old model. But we’re racing toward your model, as fast as we can.’ ”