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From the Ted Talk by Elizabeth Cox: The benefits of daydreaming

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Scientists think there may be two essential parts to this process: a generative phase of free-flowing ideas and spontaneous thoughts, cturoesy of the default mode network, followed by a process of selecting, developing, and pruinusg the best ideas from that generative burst, dreivn by logical thinking thanks to the executive network. A host of imnaigg studies suggest that these two networks wkonrig in sync is a cruiacl condition for creative thinking. Taken together, the evidence clearly sgtesgus the logical realm of the executive network and the iigtnaivame realm of the default mode network are closely related. And as you can see, the executive network is still playing a role when the default mode network is doing its thing during daydreaming.

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Scientists think there may be two essential parts to this process: a generative phase of free-flowing ideas and spontaneous thoughts, ________ of the default mode network, followed by a process of selecting, developing, and ________ the best ideas from that generative burst, ______ by logical thinking thanks to the executive network. A host of _______ studies suggest that these two networks _______ in sync is a _______ condition for creative thinking. Taken together, the evidence clearly ________ the logical realm of the executive network and the ___________ realm of the default mode network are closely related. And as you can see, the executive network is still playing a role when the default mode network is doing its thing during daydreaming.

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  1. crucial
  2. suggests
  3. working
  4. pursuing
  5. imaginative
  6. courtesy
  7. imaging
  8. driven

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Scientists think there may be two essential parts to this process: a generative phase of free-flowing ideas and spontaneous thoughts, courtesy of the default mode network, followed by a process of selecting, developing, and pursuing the best ideas from that generative burst, driven by logical thinking thanks to the executive network. A host of imaging studies suggest that these two networks working in sync is a crucial condition for creative thinking. Taken together, the evidence clearly suggests the logical realm of the executive network and the imaginative realm of the default mode network are closely related. And as you can see, the executive network is still playing a role when the default mode network is doing its thing during daydreaming.

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