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I explained that some people find it harder to block out new

thoughts and ideas.

Their mind might wander from one thought to another.

This is great for tasks that need creative thinking – like coming up

with new, different and original ideas. Inventors, designers, artists and

composers need this kind of mind-wandering attention.

It is not so good for tasks that need to keep thoughts on one thing – like

learning maths!

Here is another picture to show this kind of

mind-wandering thinking.

The butterflies represent thoughts and ideas.

The open door of the person’s brain represents

how they let in the different thoughts and ideas

in – there is no net to stop them.

The person’s attention may wander away from

the task with internal distractions (thoughts

and ideas that are nothing to do with the task) or

external distractions (movements, sounds,

smells etc. in the environment.