Scientists explain why you have your best ideas in the shower

Switching off leads to more creativity than focusing on tasks, reports Jane Dalton

Letting the mind wander helps generate new ideas (Getty Images/Image Source)

When you keep turning over that problem in your mind and no amount of logical thinking provides the solution, standing under the shower could be just what you need.

Scientists say they have discovered exactly why people report getting their best ideas just when they are not at their desks and cannot write them down.

The reason is that creative inspiration is much more likely to strike when people are doing a habitual task that does not require much thought than they are through hard work.