This is a pretty fascinating (but pretty long) article about how expert minds work differently than amateur minds... I'm Dotting the "print" layout so you can get it all in one go...

Quoted: Studies of the mental processes of chess grandmasters have revealed clues to how people become experts in other fields as well.

Take that you close-minded caffeine hating heebs!

Oh, and I can be bribed to support your ideas, just buy me a coffee...

Quoted: The team conducted a series of experiments to pinpoint the brain activity associated with introspection and that linked to sensory function. They found that the brain assumes a robotic functionality when it has to concentrate all its efforts on a difficult, timed task – only becoming "human" again when it has the luxury of time.

Interesting study on mice re: post-birth hippocampal development. While it's dangerous to extrapolate to humans, it's also kind of fun...

Quoted: Exercising during pregnancy might have unanticipated benefits – at least in mice, a new study suggests. Pups born to active mums developed bigger brains a few weeks after birth.