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abstractions, 197, 210, 212
See also chunking
abstractness and complexity, 16–17
Accounting Equation, 60
acne treatments, 128–29
acquaintances and success in job market, 231
activators for diffuse mode of thinking, 35
“active” repetition, chunking, 114, 119
active review, 142–43
“active” teaching technique, 218
addiction and procrastination, 87, 88–89
adding a new problem, chunking, 114
Afghanistan, 142
Africa, 215
“aha!” insights, 30, 227
See also diffuse mode of thinking
Alkon, Amy, 44
Allen, David, 126
alternating different problem-solving techniques, 257–58
Alzheimer’s, 45
anagrams exercise, 65
Anki flash cards, 64, 138, 174
anxiety, dealing with
choking vs. chunking, 112–25, 250–51
test taking, 103–4, 244–46, 248, 250–51
Appleyard, Nick, 192, 192
appreciating your talent, 183–92, 221
apps (best) for studying, 137–39
arsenic poison, 83, 89, 90, 145–46
attentional octopus, 14–15, 16, 52, 53, 53, 57
attention difficulties, 149, 150
Austen, Jane, 30
“autodidacts,” 222