Kafka -- and Eraserhead -- can make you smarter
Study says surrealism can improve learning by compelling the brain to seek out
structure.
“We rely on structure to make sense of the world,” says Steven J. Heine,
co-author of the study and a professor of psychology at the University of
British Columbia. “If you encounter something that you can't relate [to other
things], that you don't know what to do with it, this sort of puts you off your
game and you need to search for a reference point again to again find some
structure.”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/kafka-and-eraserhead-can-make-you-smarter/article1290182/
http://www.tonic.com/article/surreal-material-may-bolster-cognitive-functions/