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Rohrer, Doug, 76
Rosenthal, Mike, 77–78
ROTC, 4
rote memorization, 113, 254
See also memory
Roth, Brad, 236, 236–37
routine part of zombies (habits), 84, 88, 94, 95, 96–97, 97, 107, 109, 129
rule following caution, 184

safecracking (Feynman), 252–53, 256
“safe environment” for criticism, 232
Sandburg, Carl, 30
Saucedo, Oraldo “Buddy,” 110, 110–11
schedule, freedom of a, 133
“school dreams,” 169
Schwalbe, Paul, 46
Science, 70
Science Olympiad, 189
Sciuto, Anthony, 169
Scoggin, Patrick, 211
sculpting your brain, 193–200
second nature, making knowledge, 63
seeking good advice from peers and teachers, 92, 260
Sejnowski, Terrence J., xv–xvi
self-control, 40, 48, 101
self-experimentation, 128–30
senses and memory, 159, 163, 164
sensory cortex, 187
sentence errors exercise, 33
sequential problem solving, 67, 67
setbacks, procrastination, 153, 154
setting goals, 136, 137, 141, 152
Shereshevsky, Solomon, 51, 52, 54, 55, 58
Sheridan, Tai, 127
Sherrington, Sir Charles, 205–6
short-term memory, 43
simplifying study material (explanatory questioning), 79, 207–8, 255, 258
SkillsToolbox.com, 163
Skinner, B. F., 146
sleep, 32, 34, 39, 44–46, 47, 60, 114, 153, 169, 182, 241, 248, 249, 260
“slower” students, 219–20, 221–22
“slow hunch,” 66
smart people and procrastination, 188
Smith, David Eugene, 202
snacks and memory, 164
songs and memory, 162, 181, 257
Sorby, Sheryl, 166, 166–67
Soviet Union and journalists, 51
spaced repetition, 43, 47, 69, 172, 172–74, 257