New Insight into "Aha!" Memories
It has been found that the "Aha!" moment is connected with remembering things. When subjects were shown pictures made into inkblots, and then the original, their amygdala lit up in an fMRI scan. The amydala is the part of the brain responsible for emotions. It has been suggested that the brain is evaluating whether to remember the information or not.
Thinking of my own experience with the children, one of them remarked recently at how easily he remembers the names and spelling of footballers' names yet he finds it much harder to remember other things. Could it be an emotional attachment to football that causes him to remember? Is it being fun enough to invoke the forming and laying down of memories?
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