What support is there for hypothesis that effective thinking requires an optimal level of stress? I am only aware of Yerkes-Dodson law
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effective thinking is always relative to a context and task: effective thinking required to escape a predator is different from effective thinking required to paint Guernica or have a new idea. IMO the first type of stress is pervading our lives making creativity more scarce.
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Hunger is stressful > Thinking of where to go eat > Eating


