Neural Precursors of Delayed Insight

• Published in: Journal of cognitive neuroscience Vol. 23; no. 8; pp. 1900 - 1910
• Main Authors: Darsaud, Annabelle, Wagner, Ullrich, Balteau, Evelyne, Desseilles, Martin, Sterpenich, Virginie, Vandewalle, Gilles, Albouy, Geneviève, Dang-Vu, Thanh, Collette, Fabienne, Boly, Melanie, Schabus, Manuel, Degueldre, Christian, Luxen, Andre, Maquet, Pierre
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA MIT Press 01.08.2011; MIT Press Journals, The
• Subjects: Brain; Brain - blood supply; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping; Female; fMRI; Human health sciences; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Information processing; insight; Learning; Learning - physiology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Mathematics; Neuropsychological Tests; Neurosciences & behavior; Neurosciences & comportement; Oxygen - blood; Problem Solving - physiology; Radiologie, médecine & imagerie nucléaire; Radiology, nuclear medicine & imaging; Reaction Time - physiology; Sciences de la santé humaine; Sciences sociales & comportementales, psychologie; Sleep; Sleep - physiology; Social & behavioral sciences, psychology; Visual task performance; Young Adult

The solution of a problem left unresolved in the evening can sometimes pop into mind as a sudden insight after a night of sleep in the following morning. Although favorable effects of sleep on insightful behavior have been experimentally confirmed, the neural mechanisms determining this delayed insi...