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Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: why intelligence increases when you think less

Speaker: Professor Guy Claxton
6 May 2000

In this age obsessed with speed, the hare brain has always been expected to win against the intuition of the tortoise mind. Yet new research is revealing a vision of the mind in which ambiguity, paradox and the tinkering towards the truth characteristic of the child's mind are the path to wisdom. Should we perhaps learn to trust our unconscious to do the thinking for us?

Guy Claxton is Visiting Professor of Psychology at the University of Bristol Graduate School of Education. The latest research on mind and brain forms the basis of his extensive work on improving creativity in organisations and helping school children to become better real-life learners. John Cleese said of Hare Brain, "Just occasionally I get the feeling that somebody has said something important."