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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