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The author of a “Mind for Numbers” and teacher of this class.
Who is Dr. Barbara Oakley?
This part of the brain means “sea monster” and has been shown to grow neurons with exercise.
What is the hippocampus?
Another name for the Einstellung Effect.
What is mindset?
The highly focused attentive state.
What is the diffused mode/
He developed the Theory of Relativity by visualizing himself as a photon.
Who is Albert Einstein?
Another name for you own private black board.
What is working memory?
Erroneously believing you are learning by simply re-reading materials.
What is Illusion of Competence?
The more relaxed resting.
What is the diffused mode?
He set aside extended week-long reading sessions to hold many ideas in his mind during one time.
Who is Bill Gates?
The number of chunks held in working memory.
What is 4?
The technique to help you focus your attention over a short period of time.
What is Pomodora?
Sleeping, exercising, drawing, taking a bath are all examples of this.
What is the diffused mode?
The father of modern neuroscience who used deep chunking to draw microscopic cells.
Who is Santiago Ramon Cajal?
The part of the brain right behind the forehead that is involved in concentrating.
What is the pre-frontal cortex?
The practice of doing a mixture of different kinds of problems using different strategies.
What is interleaving?
The process by which memory changes from short-term, active state to long-term inactive state.
What is consolidation?
He is NPR’s Math Guy.
Who is Dr. Keith Devin?
The fatty insulation that helps signals move quickly along neurons.
What are myelin sheaths?
Bound together memory-traces with meaning.
What are chunks?
The part of the brain surgically removed from HM which caused him not to remember new things.
What is the hippocampus?