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A synthesis__n abstraction, chunk, or gist idea__s a neural pattern. Good chunks form neural patterns that resonate, not only within the subject we__e working in, but with other subjects and areas of our lives. The abstraction helps you transfer ideas from one area to another. That__ why great art, poetry, music, and literature can be so compelling. When we grasp the chunk, it takes on a new life in our own minds__e form ideas that enhance and enlighten the neural patterns we already possess, allowing us to more readily see and develop other related patterns. Once we have created a chunk as a neural pattern, we can more easily pass that chunked pattern to others, as Cajal and other great artists, poets, scientists, and writers have done for millennia, Once other people grasp that chunk, not only can they use it, but also they can more easily create similar chunks that apply to other areas in their lives__n important part of the creative process.
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A synthesis__n abstraction, chunk, or gist idea__s a neural pattern. Good chunks form neural patterns that resonate, not only within the subject we__e working in, but with other subjects and areas of our lives. The abstraction helps you transfer ideas from one area to another. That__ why great art, poetry, music, and literature can be so compelling. When we grasp the chunk, it takes on a new life in our own minds__e form ideas that enhance and enlighten the neural patterns we already possess, allowing us to more readily see and develop other related patterns. Once we have created a chunk as a neural pattern, we can more easily pass that chunked pattern to others, as Cajal and other great artists, poets, scientists, and writers have done for millennia, Once other people grasp that chunk, not only can they use it, but also they can more easily create similar chunks that apply to other areas in their lives__n important part of the creative process.
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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science

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