The New IQ: Use Your Working Memory to Think Stronger, Smarter, Faster
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Tracy Alloway. The New IQ: Use Your Working Memory to Think Stronger, Smarter, Faster
Dedication
Note to Readers
PREFACE. Intelligence That Matters
PART I
1. Welcome to the Working Memory Revolution
What Is Working Memory?
Working Memory in the Brain
What Working Memory Is Not
Working Memory as a Conductor
What Working Memory Helps You Do in Your Daily Life
Prioritize Information
Focus on the Important Stuff
Think Fast on Your Feet
Take Smarter Risks
Learn More Easily in School
Make Judgment Calls
Adapt to New Situations
Stay Motivated to Achieve Long-Term Goals
Stay Positive in the Midst of a Dire Situation
Follow Your Moral Compass
Be a Better Athlete
The Most Important Learning Tool: The New IQ
How Working Memory Is Undermined
Information Overload
The Lure of Instant Gratification
Time Constraints
Stress
Retirement
Pain
Romance
Video Games, Smoking, and Overeating
How Working Memory Can Be Improved
Test Your Working Memory
Scoring
2. Why Working Memory Is Crucial to Success
Working Memory and Will
Delay of Gratification
Focus and Multitasking
Managing Information
Time Management
Managing Stress
Calculating Risks
3. The Joker in the Mines. How Working Memory Makes Us Happier
The Science of Happiness
Working Memory Fires Up the Feel-Good Brain Chemicals
Working Memory and the Glass Half Empty
Working Memory and the Glass Half Full
Less Is More
Confronting Fears and Challenges
Be Still and Be Happy
Working Memory Exercises
1. Learn How to Manage Positive and Negative Emotions
2. Have a Few Cups
3. Filter Out the Negative
Level 1: Instructions
Level 2: Instructions
4. Failures, Bad Habits, and Missteps
When Good Fortune Goes Bad
Out of Control
The Addicted Brain
When Working Memory Failures Threaten Your Health
When the Feel-Good Neurotransmitter Doesn’t Feel Good
5. The Most Important Learning Tool. Working Memory in School
Rethinking Giftedness
What About Learning Styles?
A More Level Playing Field
One Small Step for Preschoolers, One Giant Leap for Working Memory
When Classroom Struggles Emerge Later in Life
Working Memory and Learning Disorders
From the Research Lab to the Real World
Working Memory Training for Higher Achievement
Putting the Focus on Working Memory in School
Working Memory Exercises and Strategies
Working Memory Skills by Age
For Parents
6. The New Mind-Body Connection. Working Memory in Sports
Being in the Zone
Choking When the Pressure’s On
Kicking Working Memory Off the Practice Squad
Calling Working Memory off the Bench and into the Game
Flipping the Working Memory Switch On and Off in the Face of Fear
When Sports Do a Number on Working Memory
Run for Your (Working Memory) Life
Working Memory Exercises
1. Learn from the Best
2. Opt for One-on-One Lessons
3. Zip the Lip and Focus On the Feel
4. Take Advantage of the Fatigue Factor
5. Break It Down, Drill It, Then Put It Together
6. Turn On Working Memory When You Need It
7. Lace Up Your Running Shoes (or Not) and Go for a Run
8. How to Beat Germany (or Any Other Team) at Penalties
PART II
7. Working Memory Across the Life Span
The Birth of Working Memory
I Think, Therefore I Am and You Are
Working Memory Comes of Age
The Twilight of Working Memory
Rethinking Retirement
The Fading of Friends and Family
Helping to Cope with Pain
The Greatest Fear of All: Losing Your Mind
Working Memory Exercises. 1. Try the Rouge Test (for Children Age 2)
2. Test Other-Mindedness with the M&Ms Task (for Children Age 5)
3. Take a Predictable-Time-Off Break (for Working Adults)
PTO Rules
4. Get In Tune with the Beat (for Adults of All Ages)
5. Learn a Foreign Language (for Adults of All Ages)
6. Don’t Retire (for Older Adults)
8. Working Memory Training 101
What Skills Are You Improving?
Sharpen Your Pencil for Puzzles
Can Playing Video Games Really Help Working Memory?
Working Memory Training
9. Secrets of Working Memory Specialists
Code Breakers: Finding a Formula That Works
Bootstrapping, or the Art of Remembering Anything
Chunking: Recognizing Relationships and the Bright Idea of Working Backward
Chunking, Part 2: Keeping It Simple and Starting from the Endpoint
Working Memory Exercises. 1. Become a Human Multiplier
2. Take a Mental Journey When You Need to Memorize a Series of Things
3. Keep It Simple, Smarty!
4. Start at the End
5. Make Connections That Stick
6. Remember Other People’s Names
10. Feed Your Brain, Fuel Your Working Memory
Focus on Foods That Fuel Working Memory
Sustainers
Boosters and Protectors
Sparkers
Make It a Habit: Whip Up Working Memory Meals
Meal 1: Venison with Black-Eyed Peas
Meal 2: Salmon and Steamed Kale
Dessert: Berries with Dark Chocolate Sauce
2. Curb Consumption and Take a Periodic Break from Food
Make It a Habit: Eat less
3. Take a Whiff of Rosemary or Peppermint
4. Do It or Ditch It? The Real Scoop on Caffeine, Candy, and Cocktails
11. Seven Habits to Supercharge Working Memory … and a Few to Avoid
Habit 1: Give Your Working Memory a Rest
How Much Sleep Do You Need?
Kids
Teens
Adults
Older Adults
Quantity Versus Quality
Habit 2: Clear Clutter to Clear the Cobwebs in Your Working Memory
Make It a Habit: When in Doubt, Throw It Out
Habit 3: Move It, Naturally!
Make It a Habit: Unleash the Animal
Habit 4: Get Creative
Make It a Habit: Pull a MacGyver
Habit 5: Doodle
Make It a Habit: Doodle While You Work
Habit 6: Like Facebook
Make It a Habit: Keep in Touch
Habit 7: Go Outside
Make It a Habit: Get Outside in Nature
Are Bad Habits Bad for Working Memory?
Instant Working Memory Boosters
PART III
12. Designing the World for Working Memory
The Advantage of Cognitive Design
Improving Transportation
City Planning
Reconstructing Classrooms and Teaching
R, R, R, PE
Revamping the Office
De-cluttering Our Homes
From Wutopia to Reality
13. The Dawn of Working Memory
The Missing Intellectual Link
The Quest for Our Working Memory Monolith
The Archaeology of Working Memory
Meet the Flintstones, Your Modern Stone Age Family
Unleashing Creativity
Footnotes
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Chapter 1: Welcome to the Working Memory Revolution
Chapter 2: Why Working Memory Is Crucial to Success
Chapter 3: The Joker in the Mines
Chapter 4: Failures, Bad Habits, and Missteps
Chapter 5: The Most Important Learning Tool
Chapter 6: The New Mind-Body Connection
Chapter 7: Working Memory Across the Life Span
Chapter 8: Working Memory Training 101
Chapter 9: Secrets of Working Memory Specialists
Chapter 10: Feed Your Brain, Fuel Your Working Memory
Chapter 11: Seven Habits to Supercharge Working Memory … and a Few to Avoid
Chapter 12: Designing the World for Working Memory
Chapter 13: The Dawn of Working Memory
WORKING MEMORY QUICK HITS MANUAL
Simplification Exercises
Simplify Your Life at Home, at Work, or at School
Take a Break: Predictable Time Off
Simplify Your Goals Then Start at the End
Simplify the Classroom
Strip It Down to the Essentials in Sports
Manipulation Exercises
Techniques to Memorize More Than You Ever Thought You Could
Multiply on the Fly
Why You Really Need to Start Reading More Than Just the Texts on Your Phone
Cooking Without Looking
Get in Touch with Your Feelings
Size Up Your Audience
Switch It Off!
Sleep Yourself Smarter
How Much Sleep Do You Need?
Run for Your Working Memory
Learn to Speak Français, Español, or Deutsch
Retire Your Thoughts About Retirement
Feed Your Mind
Eat Lightly
Get an Immediate Boost
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
About the Authors
Copyright
About the Publisher
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For our little heroes, M. and M.
Dedication
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Unfortunately, many things in our fast-paced 24/7 society are working against us to weaken our working memory. And when working memory isn’t operating at full speed, it puts us at a big disadvantage.
If your working memory isn’t up to snuff, you could drown in the overwhelming flood of data. Todd learned about the impact of information overload the hard way. As a serial entrepreneur, the thirty-five-year-old father of three was no stranger to the frenetic pace of a Silicon Valley high-tech start-up company. He spent every day sitting in front of four computer screens that beeped and pinged and flashed email alerts, instant messages, websites, and Twitter feeds. His clients constantly called his home office, his kids demanded attention, and he was inseparable from his iPhone as he toggled between his home and office life. For more than a year, Todd had been looking for a buyer for his company. But when a large company based on the East Coast emailed Todd saying that they were interested in acquiring his firm, the email got lost in the chaos of his life and he didn’t discover it in his email inbox for over a week. If he hadn’t finally stumbled across it when scanning back through his correspondence one evening at home, he might have lost what turned into a $2-million-dollar sale.
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