“Disorderly environments seem to inspire breaking free of tradition, which can produce fresh insights. Orderly environments, in contrast, encourage convention and playing it safe,” psychological scientist Kathleen Vohs said, according to the Independent.
2. Self-talk
Catching someone in the middle of a conversation – with no one else around – might look like a red flag. But self-talk is a sign of mental clarity, not confusion.
Albert Einstein was known to repeat sentences and ideas out loud to himself. Modern neuroscience agrees this isn’t madness, but mental organization.
In a 2017 study, “Making Sense of Self Talk,” researchers write: “The self-talk we engage in may be overt or covert, and is associated with a variety of higher mental functions, including reasoning, problem solving, planning and plan execution, attention, and motivation.”Continue reading…
