Trivial Pursuits are just that . Brains retain information that is framed by episodes and events. Descartes was right . The mind and body work together. The better they get along, that is, a well cared for body can better support a strong, lean thinking machine.
Snakes do it the same way every day .
Rituals, automatic ways to deal with common experiences, give way to productive expression. Productive rituals reduce stress, thus increasing creative ways of thinking. Brains thrive to survive . Brains are designed to learn, not teach. They drain when all of the attention is on teaching and learning lacks choices.