How do you remember everything from different books when you are still writing the HP series? As obsessive fans will tell you, I do slip up! Several classrooms move floors mysteriously between books and these are the least serious continuity errors! Most of the fansites will point you in the direction of my mistakes. But the essentials remain consistent from book to book because the story has been plotted for a long time and it is clear in my mind.
One trick, known as the journey method or 'memory palace,' is to conjure up a familiar space in the mind's eye, and then populate it with images of whatever it is you want to remember.
An idea is a method of evading, circumventing or surmounting through reflection, obstacles that otherwise would have to be attacked by brute force.
I think it is undeniably true that the human brain must work in models. The trick is to have your brain work better than the other person's brain because it understands the most fundamental models- ones that will do most work per unit.
The continuous networks of neural circuitry accomplish their functions using multiple, independently discovered strategies. The brain lends itself well to the complexity of the world, but poorly to clear-cut cartography.
In my experience, boys are predictable. As soon as they think of something, they do it. Girls are smarter—they plan ahead. They think about not getting caught.
People negotiate their way around how a human mind works and find blind points. That's how people steal effectively.
As one can solve maths by concentrating do I focus on certain places in my body and generate heat because of it.
I've always been kind of an information sponge.
I found many ways around my dyslexia, but I still have trouble transforming words into sounds. I have to memorize and rehearse before reading anything aloud to avoid embarrassing myself by mispronouncing words.
Learning disabilities do not go away, but you learn how to adapt. You may have to work a little bit harder; it may take a long time. You just may do it differently - but you can do it.
I’d love to be faster. Physically I’m limited, but I’ve survived by using my head.
We believe that people will use real-time fMRI feedback to hone cognitive strategies that will increase activation of brain regions.
I can get motivated seeing a kid at my son's school overcome a learning disability.
I’ve got...ways of tricking my brain into getting what I need out of it
I used to spell everything phonetically, or I would have little tricks for words I could not figure out.
One person might be able to learn by reading, another will have a good audio memory, and another will make notes in different colored pens. I have a more multi sensory memory - I remember what I was doing when I learnt it and where I was.
How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.
In my own opinion, psychology in football is far more important than anyone believes, including the coaches.
Hugo Strange is interesting in the sense that he's a master manipulator. He doesn't really engage Batman in any sort of physical way. His weapon is his mind, and he's very incisive and clever: he reads people and sizes them up almost instantly.
The 'army camp' that coordinates the agencies of our brain is vulnerable, both in itself and from within. In effect, he who can know and master its functioning and psychology from outside can become twice its master.
Learning disabilities cannot be cured, but they can be treated successfully and children with LD can go on to live happy, successful lives.
In all the houses keys to memorizing objects and feelings had been written. But the system demanded so much vigilance and moral strength that many succumbed to the spell of an imaginary reality, one invented by themselves, which was less practical for them but more comforting.
It's my job to manipulate feelings.
Psychology is a big part of sport that some people do not realise. But it is a skill you have to practice.
