Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

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by Maria Konnikova


  compared with seeing, ref1

  Holmes’ attention to detail, ref1

  speaking aloud, ref1

  as start of scientific method, ref1, ref2, ref3

  walking stick example in The Hound of the Baskervilles, ref1

  Ofey (artist), ref1

  omission neglect, ref1

  overconfidence

  perils of, ref1

  spotting signs, ref1

  parietal cortex, ref1

  passive perception, compared with active perception, ref1

  Pavlov, Ivan, ref1

  perception, ref1

  person perception, ref1, ref2, ref3

  pink elephants, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), ref1, ref2

  preconceived notions, ref1

  precuneus, ref1

  prefrontal cortex, ref1

  pre-impressions, ref1

  priming, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  probabilistic incoherence, ref1

  “The Problem of Thor Bridge,” ref1

  procedural memory, ref1

  psychological distance, ref1

  quietness of mind, ref1

  Rabinow, Jacob, ref1

  Raichle, Marcus, ref1

  Rathbone, Basil, ref1

  recency effect, ref1

  “The Red-Headed League,” ref1, ref2

  representativeness heuristic, ref1

  reward prediction error (RPE), ref1

  Richet, Charles, ref1

  RIM (Blackberry), ref1

  Sanders, Harlan David, ref1

  satisficing, ref1, ref2

  “A Scandal in Bohemia,” ref1

  Schooler, Jonathan, ref1

  Science of Deduction and Analysis, ref1

  scientific method, ref1

  selective listening, ref1

  selective looking, ref1

  selectivity, ref1, ref2

  Seligman, Martin, ref1

  Sherlock (BBC TV series), ref1, ref2

  showers, as distancing mechanism, ref1, ref2

  “Silver Blaze,” ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

  Silverstein, Shel, ref1

  Simon, Herbert, ref1

  skepticism, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Slater, Oscar, ref1

  sloth, ref1

  Snelling, Harold, ref1

  Sotomayor, Javier, ref1

  Sperry, Roger, ref1

  Spinoza, Benedict de, ref1

  Spiritualism, ref1

  split-brain, ref1, ref2, ref3

  “The Stockbroker’s Clerk,” ref1, ref2, ref3

  A Study in Scarlet, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  success, and confidence, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Swahn, Oscar, ref1

  System Holmes-governed thinking, ref1, ref2, ref3

  System Watson-governed thinking, ref1, ref2, ref3

  systematized common sense, ref1, ref2

  Taleb, Nassim, ref1

  tempero-parietal junction (TPJ), ref1

  temporal gyrus, ref1

  temporal lobes, ref1

  The Sign of Four, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  three-pipe problems, ref1, ref2, ref3

  tiger experiment, ref1

  Trope, Yaacov, ref1

  Tversky, Amos, ref1

  221B Baker Street, steps, ref1

  uncertainty, fear of, ref1

  The Valley of Fear, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  video games, ref1

  Viereck, Sylvester, ref1

  vigilance, ref1

  visualization, ref1

  Wagner, Berny, ref1

  walking, as distancing mechanism, ref1, ref2

  walking stick, ref1, ref2

  Wallace, Alfred Russel, ref1

  wandering minds, ref1, ref2

  Watson, Dr.

  as actively disengaged, ref1

  in “Adventure of the Copper Beeches,” ref1

  comparison with Holmes, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  competitiveness with Holmes, ref1

  description of Holmes, ref1

  first meets Holmes, ref1, ref2

  hypothetical plane spotting experiment, ref1

  past in Afghanistan, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  role in solving cases, ref1

  in The Sign of Four, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  in “The Adventure of the Priory School,” ref1

  thinking process in The Hound of the Baskervilles, ref1

  time in Afganistan, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  white coat effect, ref1

  Winner, Ellen, ref1

  Wittgenstein, Ludwig, ref1

  Wright, Elsie, ref1, ref2, ref3

  “The Yellow Face,” ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Zeigarnik, Bluma, ref1

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  Table of Contents

  Title page

  Copyright page

  Dedication page

  Epigraph page

  Contents

  Prelude

  PART ONE - UNDERSTANDING (YOURSELF)

  CHAPTER ONE - The Scientific Method of the Mind

  CHAPTER TWO - The Brain Attic: What Is It and What’s in There?

  PART TWO - FROM OBSERVATION TO IMAGINATION

  CHAPTER THREE - Stocking the Brain Attic: The Power of Observation

  CHAPTER FOUR - Exploring the Brain Attic: The Value of Creativity and Imagination

  PART THREE - THE ART OF DEDUCTION

  CHAPTER FIVE - Navigating the Brain Attic: Deduction from the Facts

  CHAPTER SIX - Maintaining the Brain Attic: Education Never Stops

  PART FOUR - THE SCIENCE AND ART OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE

  CHAPTER SEVEN - The Dynamic Attic: Putting It All Together

  CHAPTER EIGHT - We’re Only Human

  Postlude

  Acknowledgments

  Further Reading

  Index

 

 

 


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