(for those interested in reading more about this...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubation_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubation_(psychology

(for those interested in reading more about this...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubation_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubation_(psychology) In psychology, incubation refers to the unconscious processing of problems, when they are set aside for a period of time, that may lead to insights. It was originally proposed by Graham Wallas in 1926 as one of his four stages of the creative process: preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification. Incubation is related to intuition and insight in that it is the unconscious part of a process whereby an intuition may become validated as an insight. Incubation substantially increases the odds of solving a problem, and benefits from long incubation periods with low cognitive workloads.