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memory and, 179–80
neural structures, building, 32, 38, 38, 45, 46
summary, 46–47
talking with others for help, 40, 92, 260
toggling between thinking modes, 29–32, 31, 33–35, 36–39, 38, 46, 48
See also diffuse mode of thinking; math and science, learning; memory
Crick, Francis, xv–xvi
criticism, 50, 232
Crotchety, Mr., 3, 70
cue (trigger) part of zombies (habits), 88, 94, 95, 96, 107, 109, 129, 153

Dalí, Salvador, 31, 31, 32
Daniel, David B., 261–63
Darwin, Charles, 66, 208, 213
Day, Thomas, 63
day before a test, 246–47
daydreaming, 101, 187, 190
Dechant, Jason, 73, 177, 210–11
decimal system mnemonic, 176
deep-breathing and test taking, 245, 248, 249
deep chunking, 196–99, 198
default settings of brain, 256
Defense Language Institute, 53
“deliberate practice,” chunking, 114, 188
Dell, Michael, 216
density example, 173
depression, 45
Derman, Emanual, 199
developing the mind’s eye through equation poems. See mind’s eye, developing through equation poems
“Devil’s Advocate,” 228
See also right hemisphere of brain
Dickens, Charles, 30
different location and recall, 90, 182
different problems and techniques, interleaving, 75
diffuse mode of thinking, 11, 12
activators for, 35
“aha!” insights, 30, 227
background, working on a problem, 44
big-picture perspective, 12, 18, 19, 20, 30, 226, 227, 228, 247, 248
brick wall metaphor, 38, 38, 39, 43, 85, 254
chunk library and, 117
coins and triangle exercise, 23, 23
creativity and, 32–33, 40
flashlight metaphor, 18–19, 26
frustration signal, 39
hard-start–jump-to-easy technique, 241–44, 245–46, 248, 249
intuition problem solving, 67, 67, 236–37, 247
magical math marination, 142–43
pinball metaphor, 13, 13, 14, 15, 15