Cognitive Explorer Gifts

'Your problems are caused by all-or- nothing thinking. It's either that, or you don't have any problems.'

Psychometric tests would weed out 25% of all applicants (medical schools).

Pavlov's dog (under a bell).

Brain Crash

'I think you need to work on your frontal lobes.'

Alzheimer's Disease

'We're all just pawns! Pawns dammit! Pawns in a stupid game!'

"What's the other half of our brain doing?"

Normal brain - active, dozing, asleep, distracted

Psychology/Reverse Psychology.

3 doors: Nature, Nurture, and Noogies

Inspired

Book store has a book called 'Mind Games,' which is floating magically in the air.

Man with a big question

"So, how long have you been hearing voices?"

"Classic free-floating anxiety."

"What are we watching? I don't know. Some show on short attention spans."

Brain Bomb Detector

"How come I can't remember what I forget, but I always remember that I forgot something!"

"Those are my medals in mental gymnastics."

"I think, therefore I am depressed."

"… and a big shout-out to my hippocampus, without which I wouldn’t be standing here saying words."

"The truth is, humans aren’t smart enough to know how intelligent we are."

"Bark or stare? Always a tough decision. Bark? Maybe stare? Whimper? Maybe? Meanwhile, stare."

"I'm working to change my mindset on January."

"How learning curves feel... Before: Holy hell During: I'm not gonna make it! After: That wasn't so bad! The next time: Again?!!"

"Most people forget they've had amnesia."

"Let me slip into something a little more thoughtful."

Potato: 'I have eyes, but cannot see, and I have no brain, yet I'm thinking these words.'

"Left, right." "Left² right²."

"Instead, I went with an ingratitude list."

"The overthinker"

"Roger doesn't use the left side of his brain or the right side. He just uses the middle."