Ner vous system: axons and

191– 194, 211; mental

dendrites in, 166, 169– 171,

imagery as, 186– 188,

178; brain in ( See Brain); in 193– 194, 195– 196, 211, 224,

habit formation, 171– 172;

281– 282n21; of psychology

myelination of, 169, 170– 171,

students, 163, 186, 191– 194,

178, 280n8; neurogenesis in,

211; rhyme schemes as,

172; synapses in, 166– 167,

188– 189; songs as, 189;

170

visual imagery as, 187– 188,

Neurogenesis, 172

193– 194, 195– 196, 211,

Neurons, 166; generation of,

282n22

172; synapses of, 10,

Momentary strength, compared

166– 167

to habit strength, 63, 266n12

Neuroplasticity, 66, 142,

Moonwalking with Einstein

164– 173, 184, 279n3

(Foer), 195

Neuroscience, 8; plasticity of

Morris, Errol, 109, 126

brain in, 164, 166– 173

Motor skills, 40; beanbag study

New Yorker, 220

of, 46, 51, 86, 263n1;

New York Times, 29, 109, 169

feedback on, 40, 261n12; in

Nisbett, Richard, 173, 178,

habit formation, 171– 172;

280n12

interleaved practice of, 65,

Nutrition, and intelligence

80, 206; massed practice of,

quotient, 174– 175

Index ê 307

Open- book testing, 40,

Police training: refl ection in,

261– 262n13

222; simulations on fi rearm

Orfalea, Paul, 140

use in, 128– 130

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