At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that capacity, preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.

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　　①All of us work through problems in ways of which we're unaware, she says.

　　②Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally (or collaboratively) and innovatively.

　　③At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that capacity, preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.

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　　①她说：“我们所有人都在无意识中解决问题。”

　　②在 20 世纪 60 年代晚期，研究人员就发现人类天生就有能力以四种主要模式应对挑战：分析模式，流程模式，关系模式(或者叫合作模式)，创新模式。

　　③而到了青春期，大脑就会把其中一半的能力关闭，仅留下那些我们在生命的前十几二十年中对我们最有价值的思考模式。