“Chunking makes our brains more efficient. The more you can chunk something, the faster and easier you can process it. Wayne Gretzky had chunked hockey like no one before or since. Talented people have supremely chunked whatever they become talented at doing.” PeopleProcessBrainEasierFasterHockeyEfficientWayneChunksGretzky Author:Kevin Maney
“When someone is in a state of flow, that person's brain is not thinking about anything - it's just processing things through chunks at a total instinct level. Athletes in a state of flow describe knowing what will happen just before it does - knowing how a defender will react to a certain move an instant before doing it. Of course, if you know what will happen, you can succeed at doing it, so an athlete in flow has a stand-out game.” IfsThinkingKnowsPersonsDoeStatesHappensMovingCertainCoursesGamesLevelsBrainKnowingSucceedFlowInstinctAthleteInstantStanding OutDefendersChunksProcessing Author:Kevin Maney
“Our brains seem to have the power to do one or the other - record and remember every detail, or chunk it to higher level concepts and forget the details. We can't seem to do both. The fact that you could not fly over a city and remember every detail is not something to worry about.” FactsSeemsRememberForgetLevelsCitiesBrainWorryRecordsHigherConceptsDetailsHigher LevelChunks Author:Kevin Maney
“Some of what we're learning suggests a balance between exposing children to new things, yet giving them a chance to repeatedly experience something they enjoy, which builds "chunks" of information in their brains.” GivingChildrenEnjoyChanceBrainInformationBalanceNew ThingsExposingChunks Author:Kevin Maney