Physics of Fun
Mind Wide Open
Child Prodigies
Vocabulary A-L
Vocabulary M-Z
100
What is the whale of a wheel?
A Ferris Wheel
100
reading subtle hints in the faces, voices, and gestures of the people around us
What is mind reading
100
the name for those who exhibit high intelligence and exceptional ability in one area
What is a prodigy
100
really really big
What is enormous
100
to show, to make known to others
What is reveal
200
how tightly on changes direction while in motion
What is a g-force
200
neuroscientists used this to make people have paranormal-like experiences
What is electric shocks
200
Experts look in these two directions to explain these types of children.
What are nature and nurture? biological and environmental?
200
within something, inside
What is internal
200
to cause to exist or happen
What is trigger
300
where the whale of a wheel made its appearance
What is the Chicago World Fair
300
subjects felt these two paranormal experiences when being studied
What is a shadow figure beside one's own body and floating above one's body
300
the reason Toby wanted his name to be changed to Karl.
What is he didn't want a little boy name.
300
to get
What is obtain
300
to get
What is obtain
400
what cityh's fair influenced the creators of the whale of a wheel to make something so grand
What is Paris
400
one of the three natural situations where people feel paranormal-like experiences
Who are those under sensory deprivation, people who have minor strokes, schizophrenics
400
the part of the brain that is extremely active in these gifted children compared to normal brains
What is the frontal lobe
400
short in length or time; a summary; to inform someone thoroughly about something
What is brief
400
to break a law or rule
What is violate
500
the largest wheel in the world
What is The London Eye
500
When normal people decode emotion in a pair of eyes, their amygdalae, or the brain's emotional center lights up, but when these patients do it, their amygdalae is much dimmer?
What are autistic patients
500
three of the five pieces of advice that experts give on how to raise geniuses
What are 1. don't overstructure your child's life 2. Provide as many learning opportunities as possible. 3. Avoid calling your child a genius. 4. Don't expect your child to be popular. 5. Don't sacrifice educational advancement to give your child a "normal" upbrining.
500
to bring all one's attention onto a single object or activity
What is focus or concentrate
500
to go after or search for so that one can catch or attack it; also to be engaged in as a hobby; to carry something further or advance something
What is pursue