Researchers confirmed that the beloved activity can have a positive impact on our creative problem-solving skills.

There may be some value in "sleeping on it"—or, at least, in taking a deep power nap for 20 minutes—when it comes to problem ...

"Sleeping on it," especially dropping deeper than a doze, might help people gain insight into certain kinds of tasks, ...

A new study finds that entering N2 sleep—a deep phase of non-rapid eye movement sleep—may help lead to more “eureka” ...

A new study suggests that a short nap, especially one reaching deeper N2 sleep, can significantly boost problem-solving ...

“If you have an ‘aha! moment’ while learning something, it almost doubles your memory. There are few memory effects that are as powerful as this.” Roberto Cabeza, professor of psychology and ...

“If you have an ‘aha! moment’ while learning something, it almost doubles your memory,” said Cabeza. “There are few memory effects that are as powerful as this.” ...

Sleeping on it," especially dropping deeper than a doze, might help people gain insight into certain kinds of tasks, according to a study published ...

To test what was happening in people’s brains when they have an aha moment, the researchers used fMRI technology to scan participants’ brains while they tried to identify a series of “Mooney ...

That 'aha' moment when you come back to a puzzle and immediately figure it out? ... A number of changes in the brain may cause people to have better memory for "aha! moments," the researchers found.

“If you have an ‘aha! moment’ while learning something, it almost doubles your memory,” said Cabeza, who has been studying memory for 30 years. “There are few memory effects that are as ...