I'm getting more creative!

Thanks again Art Vent for drawing my attention to this interesting article about creative thinking in aging brains.

This sentence caught my eye:

A reduced ability to filter and set priorities, the scientists concluded, could contribute to original thinking.

According to studies cited in the article, the brain's ability to filter information diminishes as it ages, and therefore absorbs a wider range of information, including data that seems irrelevant at the time. But this info is processed and can be accessed later to solve problems in original and creative ways even when conditions change or are unrelated to the original situation.