Glossary / Incubation

Incubation

Unconscious problem-solving during breaks from a task.

Walk away from a stuck problem. Solutions arrive in the shower because incubation happened during the Pomodoro break.

Related

• Default Mode Network — Brain regions active when not focused on the outside world.
• Creativity — The ability to generate novel and useful ideas.

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More from the glossary

• Pomodoro Technique
• Flowtime Technique
• Deep Work
• Shallow Work
• Flow State
• Ultradian Rhythm
• Circadian Rhythm
• Chronotype
• Default Mode Network
• Diffuse Thinking