> We have an auditory loop and, faced with a complex problem we repeat the mantra "now that I know XYZ, then what..." until the a good next step pops into our h

> We have an auditory loop and, faced with a complex problem we repeat the mantra "now that I know XYZ, then what..." until the a good next step pops into our head and we add that to the context. You probably should replace "auditory" with "auditory or visual or conceptual or ??? - depending on the specific human" I don't use any kind of verbal tools (either silent or out loud) in that process, I think different people use different tools for that process.