The art and science of brain enhancement
Learning to solve puzzles
Working memory: brain juggling
Long-term memory: imagining the future by remembering the past
Perceptual skill learning: the sommelier and the hockey player
Visual thinking: seeing, not just looking
Spatial thinking: the challenge of mental rotation
Listening: the foley artist and the cocktail party
Motor skill learning: of mental maps and pickpockets
Time: clock time vs. brain time
Thinking in words: the hammer, the saw, and the hatchet
Logic: reasoning in uncertain situations
Emotions and thinking: the anger superiority effect
Mathematics: doing the numbers at the checkout line
Illusions: shadows, balls, and rotating snakes
Creativity: the magic matches of Carlo Reverberi.
