Like people, memory fragments actively look for other memory fragments to make new connections. They are a bit promiscuous – they are willing to hook up with pretty much any other memory fragment if the situation is right. And, thank goodness for that, as it is these automatic attachments of engrams to one another that enable interesting ideas to form. Through our brains experimentally combining memories and ideas in novel ways, we get new associations – it is this that forms the foundations for our ability to be creative and artistic, to birth new ideas and solve complex problems. However,
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