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focused mode of thinking and, 24
“just this one time” phenomenon, 135–36
smart people and, 188
summary, 90, 139–40, 152–53
tools, tips, and tricks, 126–43
transfer and, 211
willpower, 84, 91, 95, 97–98, 107, 150
wise waiting (pause and reflect), 146–48, 154
zombies (habits), 93–111
“zone, the,” working in, 144–46, 154
See also math and science, learning; zombies (habits)
Procrastination Equation, The (Steel), 96
pseudoscience as science, 229
puzzle pieces metaphor, 61, 61, 74, 74
Pythagorean theorem, 32

qualitative understanding of an equation, 236–37
questions, asking, 217, 260
quirky test questions, 218, 221
quitting time, planning, 132, 134, 141
Quizlet.com, 138

Ramachandran, V. S., 228
Ramanujan, Srinivasa, 223
random-access memory (RAM), 43
Ranjan, Apara, 32
RateMyProfessors.com, 110
recall and chunking, 61–68, 64, 67, 72–73, 78, 78, 90, 116, 117, 123, 125
rechecking your work, 228, 233, 236, 247, 248, 249
Reddit.com, 208
redos and creativity, 50
reducing anxiety and increasing your expertise. See anxiety, dealing with
reframing your focus, 127, 139, 140
refrigerator invention, 112
rehearsal and working memory, 42–43
relativity, 206
renaissance learning, 213–24
repetition of problem, chunking, 114
rereading, xvii–xviii, 61–62, 65, 71, 116, 117, 123, 125
resting state network, 11
retelling study material, 79, 207–8, 255, 258
retraining the brain, 5–6
reviewing material, 48, 58
rewarding yourself, 98, 99, 101, 106, 107, 108, 140, 152, 153
reward part of zombies (habits), 88, 95, 97, 98–99, 107
rewriting notes. See writing by hand
“Reykjavík Rapid” in 2004, 10, 10
right hemisphere of brain, 20, 225–27, 227, 228
Roberts, Seth, 128–29