Sublime

K. Anders Ericsson. He was a psychology professor at Florida State University and the author of an article titled “Exceptional Memorizers: Made, Not Born.”

From Klein, Sedgwick extrapolated something she called “reparative reading,” which she contrasted with “paranoid reading” (“reading” functions here quite broadly, spanning different media): the former is a means of seeking pleasure, nourishment, and amelioration, whereas the latter aims to forestall pain and ward off threats.

One of the people who most helped me to understand some aspects of these questions was Professor Joel Nigg, who I interviewed at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.

Berne created another door. He asked patients for a clear contract—“What do you want to change, and how will we know when you have?”—questions that lead to a clear delineation of goals and, therefore, to specific criteria by which to judge the success

The testing firm Kaplan uses its data scientists to begin advising customers on effective learning and test-preparation strategies.