[Quora] 为什么洗澡时总会有各种各样的想法蹦出来？

Quora：Why do ideas come to me so easily when I am taking a shower?
为什么洗澡时总会有各种各样的想法蹦出来？

Quora 地址：http://www.quora.com/Why-do-ideas-come-to-me-so-easily-when-I-am-taking-a-shower

Terry Prothero：

A few reasons. The first is the sound of the running water. It's white noise that blocks out the sounds of other things in the environment. Then we have water on your body at a controlled temperature. These two things together limit the amount of sensory input from your skin and ears. And then, we have our eyes. In most cases they are closed or not looking at anything in particular. Now we've eliminated one more form of sensory input. So, essentially, a shower is a poor man's sensory deprivation chamber.
有这么几个原因。首先是洗澡时水流的声音。这种白噪音让你听不见身边其他的声音。其次是洗澡时的水温都是适合你自己的。这两个因素限制了你的皮肤和耳朵所能获取的感觉。接下来就是我们的眼睛。在大多数情况下我们都是闭着眼睛洗澡或者是茫然的看着四周。这样我们又有一种感觉受到了限制。所以，基本上，洗澡就是人处于一种感官被剥夺的状态。

The natural effect of this is that you are alone with your thoughts. Without sensory input, your mind will naturally wander and begin looking within for stimulation. This usually means processing existing information and creating new things to keep it occupied.
于是这样的效果就变成了只有你的思想还存在。没有感觉的输入，你的大脑会自然而然的开始开小差，并想要寻找刺激。这也就意味着开始大脑开始处理已经存在的信息并创造一些新想法来让大脑活动起来。

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Roger Abramson：

Because every other moment of your life is filled with distraction except the shower. From this question, I know you don't go for daily walks, which are absolute idea factories.
因为除了洗澡你生活中的其他时间都处于被各种各种的事情分心的状态。从这个问题，我认为你并没有每天走路的习惯，因为这也是一个制造想法的工厂。

Dr. Maxwell Maltz, author of Psycho Cybernetics explained it this way: Your subconscious mind works day and night on solving your problems for you.
麦克斯威尔·马尔茨，《心理控制术》一书的作者是这样解释这个问题的：你的潜意识日夜都在忙碌着为你解决问题。

Your subconscious can't give you its results while you're distracted. Only while you're intensely focused or completely calm and quiet.
当你注意力分散的时候你的潜意识是不会把答案给你的。只有当你十分的专注或者完全的处于宁静时才可以。

（此处省略了几个例子）