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procrastination
maturity of brain, 195, 199
McClintock, Barbara, 206–7, 207
McCormick, Jonathon, 136
meaningful groups, memory, 175–76, 181
meditation, 126–27
MeeTimer, 139
memory, 155–82
creativity and, 179–80
distractions, greatest enemy, 156, 260
exercise and, 108, 178–79, 182
expertise from memory tricks, 179–81
jingles, 163
long-term memory, 41, 43, 47, 64, 65, 69, 74–75, 157, 179
meaningful groups, 175–76, 181
memory palace technique, 160–63, 161, 164, 165
metaphors, 168–71, 171, 175, 181, 182, 255, 258
mnemonics, 160, 175–76
muscle memory, 173, 177, 178–79, 181, 182
names of people, 174
neural structures, building, 159, 161, 162, 170, 173, 179, 182
senses, invoking, 159, 163, 164
short-term memory, 43
songs, 162, 181, 257
spaced repetition, 43, 47, 69, 172, 172–74, 257
spatial memory, 157–58, 161, 166–67
stories and, 177, 181
summary, 164, 181
talking to yourself, 178, 181
visualization, 156, 171, 171
visual memory, 157–58, 158, 158–59, 159, 161, 164, 165
visual metaphors, 168–71, 171, 175, 181, 182, 255, 258
working memory, 15, 41, 42, 42–43, 47, 64, 64, 65, 119, 121, 122, 157, 179, 186, 187
writing by hand, 173, 177, 178, 181
See also chunking; creativity and learning; math and science, learning
memory palace technique, 160–63, 161, 164, 165
memory traces, 53–54, 54, 58, 68, 69, 79, 185
Men of Mathematics (Bell), 223–24
mental contrasting technique, 99–100, 108, 258
mentors, value of, 216–18, 221
“metabolic vampires,” 172, 172, 174
metaphors
memory, 168–71, 171, 175, 181, 182, 255, 258
sculpting your brain, 198–99, 258
See also specific metaphors
Microsoft, 144–45
microtasks, 148
mimicking solutions, avoiding, 77–78
mindfulness and test taking, 245
mind’s eye, developing through equation poems, 201–12