Summary of Srini Pillay, M.D.'s Tinker Dabble Doodle Try

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#1 I was a straight-A student before my second year at medical school, but during that year, in the context of an escalating workload, my grades suddenly slumped. I struggled to understand what was happening. I was physically exhausted but didn’t realize it until the vacation between my second and third years.

#2 The most important aspect of a good education is the ability to allow thoughts to congeal, which is what makes cognitive rhythm so important. When you think of great rhythm, you probably think of music or the amazing riffs of a guitarist like Jimi Hendrix.

#3 The brain has different waves that it uses to focus on different tasks. Beta waves are the focus waves, and they would appear on your EEG when your eyes were glued to whatever task you were doing.

#4 The focus and unfocus circuits are like a flashlight that can light up the path just ahead. They are designed to work together, but we often stop this natural connection in our brains when we overfocus.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822521414

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was a straight-A student before my second year at medical school, but during that year, in the context of an escalating workload, my grades suddenly slumped. I struggled to understand what was happening. I was physically exhausted but didn’t realize it until the vacation between my second and third years.

#2

The most important aspect of a good education is the ability to allow thoughts to congeal, which is what makes cognitive rhythm so important. When you think of great rhythm, you probably think of music or the amazing riffs of a guitarist like Jimi Hendrix.

#3

The brain has different waves that it uses to focus on different tasks. Beta waves are the focus waves, and they would appear on your EEG when your eyes were glued to whatever task you were doing.

#4

The focus and unfocus circuits are like a flashlight that can light up the path just ahead. They are designed to work together, but we often stop this natural connection in our brains when we overfocus.

#5

The musician who is connected to a past tragedy while singing a sad song pulls on our heartstrings more effectively. It is not just the technical execution of the voice that produces an amazing performance, but also the convergence of technicality and precision with the diffuse past and future, with self and other.

#6

The DMN is a distraction filter that helps you stay focused on a task. It connects you with elements of your own story stored in different parts of your brain. It helps you understand the past, present, and