Index
ACC. See Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)
Adams, Abigail, John Adams miniseries
Adaptability
brain areas and
brainstorms
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
examples
improving
meditation and
plasticity exercise
summary
yoga and
See also Neuroplasticity
Adenosine
Alcmaeon
Alzheimer’s disease
Amabile, Teresa M.
Amygdala
anatomy
calming
functions
Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)
anatomy
functions
Antioxidants
Anxiety
Apples/apple juice
Aristotle
Attentional blink
Attentional deployment
Attentional focus
Attentional lapse
Attentional rubbernecking
Aydin, Kubilay
Ball, Lucille
Banks, Sarah
Bar, Moshe
Basal ganglia
Bavelier, Daphne
BDNFs (brain-derived neurotrophic factors)
Berger, Hans
Berlin, Matt
Billingsley, Geoff
Blueberries
Bluvshtein, Mark
Body language
Boehm, Julia
Bookending
Bor, Daniel
Brain anatomy/description
Brain banks
Brain blips
Brain care
brainstorms
exercise
fat and
nutrition
sleep
stimulation
summary
Brain-derived neurotrophic factors (BDNFs)
BrainPower Tools
list of
overview
See also specific traits; Win Factors
Braun, Allen
Breazeal, Cynthia
Broca, Paul
Broca’s area
Brown, Jeff
Brown, Roger
Busch-Vishniac, Ilene
Cab drivers (London)
Caffeine
Calhoun, Philip
Cameron, Allison
Candia, Victor
Caria, Andrea
CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy)
Central Park Jogger (Trisha Meili)
Cerebellum
Cerebral cortex
Chan, Amy
Chicago World’s Fair (1933)
Clash, Kevin
Click (television show)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Columbia Exposition (1893)
Computer games/brain-training products
Cook, Susan
Corpus callosum
Cortical midline structures/activity
Creativity
flow state and
motivation and
Csíkszentmihályi, Mihály
Cult, The
Cunningham, William
D’Argembeau, Arnaud
De Martino, Benedetto
De Mestral, George
Déjà vu
Dementia
Depression
Desimone, Marjorie
DHA (docosahexaenoic acid)
Diller, Phyllis
Dopamine
Dunning, David
Eddington, Kari
Edison, Thomas
EEG (electroencephalography)
Effort Accelerator BrainPower Tool
Electroencephalography (EEG)
Elliot, Andrew
Emotional balance
areas of brain associated with
bookending
brainstorms
description
empathy and
examples
improving
managing
Opportunity Radar and
predicting emotions
summary
Yerkes-Dodson law
“Emotions” defined
EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid)
Eriksen, Charles
Ersner-Hershfield, Hal
Essential fatty acids (EFAs)
Executive functions
Exercise
Extrinsic vs. intrinsic rewards
“False-belief test,”
Fechter, Aaron
FGF2 (fibroblast growth factor-2)
Fish and nutrition
Flashbulb memories
Flavinoids
“Flow” state
fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans
about
studies using,
142-144,
186
Focal hand dystonia
Focus
about
areas of brain associated with
automation and
beating distractions
brainstorms
definitions
distractions and
examples
flow (relaxed) state and
improving
narrow focus
prioritizing
scaffolding
summary
visualization
Whac-a-Mole example
wide focus
zooming (narrow/wide focus)
Focus reinvestment
Forgetting
Frank, Tommy
Frontal gyrus
Frontal lobe
Functional Magnetic Resonance
Imaging scans. See f MRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans
Gage, Phineas P.
Gail Kasper Consulting Group
Geda, Yonas
Glial cells
Glycogen/glucose
Goal Laser BrainPower Tool
Goldberg, Ilan
Goldberg, Whoopi
Gray, Jesse
Green, Shawn
Grey matter
See also Cerebral cortex
Gross, James
Guns N’ Roses
Gusnard, Debra
Hand on a Hardbody competition
Happiness
Harris, Stephen
Harvard Medical School
Hertzog, Christopher
Hippocampus
anatomy
functions
plasticity of
History of neuroscience
brain damage studies
“brain waves” studies (1920s)
early viewpoints
heart and
Patient H.M. and
Phineas Gage and
phrenology
psychographs
speech/language studies
stroke patient studies
Hudson, Elizabeth
Inattentional blindness
Inferior frontal cortex
Insomnia
Insula. See Insular cortex
Insular cortex
anatomy
functions
Intrinsic vs. extrinsic rewards
James, William
Jaramillo, Fernando
Jazz musicians study
Jha, Amishi
John Adams miniseries
Journey technique (memory)
Karimloo, Ramin
Kelly, Spencer
Kennedy, John F.
Kensinger, Elizabeth
King, B.B.
Kolb, Bryan
Kondo, Yumiko
Kramer, Arthur
Kruger, Justin
Kulik, James
LA (linoleic acid)
Larson, Eric
Lazar, Sara
Left hemisphere
Leo (robot)
Leonard, Terry
Lieberman, Matthew
Limb, Charles
Linney, Laura
Locus of control, internal/external
“Lost toy experiment,”
Lyubomirsky, Sonja
Mack, Arien
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)
Magnetoencaphalography (MEG)
Maguire, Eleanor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McCrea, Sean
McDonald, Camille
McLean Hospital
Meditation
adaptability and
brain care
focus/prioritizing and
mindfulness
sleep and
MEG (magnetoencaphalography)
Meili, Trisha (Central Park Jogger)
Memory
about
accessing
areas of brain associated with
brainstorms
déjà vu
durable memory
emotion and
examples
FBI Academy training/test example
forgetting and
improving
proactive brain and
summary
Milner, Brenda
“Mind blindness,”
Mindfulness
Mirror neurons
Molaison, Henry (Patient H.M.)
Morabito, John
Most, Steven
Motivation
areas of brain associated with
avoidance motivation
brainstorms
creativity and
drive stage
emotional evaluations and
examples
“flow” state and
image viewing study
improving
intrinsic vs. extrinsic rewards
mapping (route planning) stage
novelty and
procrastination vs.
push and
rev stage
smoking cessation studies
stages of
summary
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans
MRS (magnetic resonance spectroscopy)
Neuroeconomics study on risk
Neurogenesis
Neuroimaging techniques
future possibilities
overview
See also specific techniques
Neuroplasticity
about
brain stimulation and
description
See also Adaptability
Neurotransmitters
See also specific neurotransmitters
Norepinephrine
Northoff, Georg
Nutrition
Occipital lobe
Ochsner, Kevin
Oliff, Heather
Omega-6/omega-3 fatty acids
Opportunity Radar BrainPower Tool
Optimal Risk Gauge BrainPower Tool
Orr, Joseph
Oz, Frank
Parietal lobe
Patient H.M. (Henry Molaison)
Perez, Javier
PET (positron emission tomography) scanner
Phantom of the Opera, The (musical)
Phrenology/phrenologists
Pizzagalli, Diego
Poldrack, Russell
Positron emission tomography (PET) scanner
Prefrontal cortex
anatomy
functions
sleep and
Prioritizing
Procedural memory
Procrastination
Psychographs
P.T. Barnum’s Museum, New York City
Public persona
boundaries and
real self vs.
Quiz
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep
Rauch, Scott L.
Raue, Ulrika
Raymond, Jane
Red color and performance
Reframing
REM (rapid eye movement) sleep
Resilience
areas of brain associated with,
brain studies
brainstorms
examples
failure and
improving
locus of control and
role model
self-image and
summary
taking a break and
Richards, Jane
Right hemisphere
Risk
“loss aversion,”
overview
Rizzolatti, Giacomo
Robinson, Michael
Robot studies
Rock, Irvin
Rodin, Auguste
Rotter, Julian
Ruxton, Carrie
Schacter, Dan
Schlosberg, Suzanne
Schott, Björn
Schyns, Philippe
Scoville, William
Self-awareness
body language and
brainstorms
“double whammy of incompetence,”
examples
improving
mindfulness and
parts of brain associated with
past/present/future
public vs. real self
robots and
social awareness and
summary
Talent Meter and
September 2001 attacks
Serotonin
Sesame Street puppets/ puppeteers
Siegle, Greg
“Single-tasking,”
Slagter, Heleen
Sleep
brain care and
tips for
Sleep deprivation/effects
Sleeping pills
Sluming, Vanessa
Small, Gary
Smilek, Dan
Smith, Carlyle
Smoking cessation studies
Snow Bodies: One Woman’s Life on the Streets (Hudson)
Speed-dating
St. James, James
Steel, Piers
Sterpenich, Virginie
Stimulation and brain care
Strug, Kerri
Synapses
Talent Meter BrainPower Tool
overview
self-awareness and
Tang, Yi-Yuan
Temporal discounting
Temporal lobe
Thinker, The (Rodin)
“Three Faces of Hope, The” exercise
Tom, Sabrina
Velcro invention
Ventral striatum
Ventral tegmental area
Video games
Volpp, Kevin
Wagner, Ullrich
Warren Anatomical Museum at Countway
Waugh, Christian
Webber, Andrew Lloyd
Weissman, Daniel
Wernicke, Carl
Whac-a-Mole example
White, Bukka
White matter
See also specific components
Williams, Claire
Win Factors
overview
See also specific factors
Winner’s Brains
description
quiz
See also BrainPower Tools; Win Factors
“Winners” defined
Wong, Mia
“Worry spiral,”
Wyeth, Andrew
Wyeth, N.C.
Wylie, Glenn R.
Yehuda, Shlomo
Yerkes-Dodson law
Yoga
Yoo, Seung-Schik
Zhong, Chen-Bo