Online Companion: The Complete Student, Achieving Success in College and Beyond

Web Links to Accompany Chapter 3: It's All in the Mind

Brain Facts
The Brain Connection includes brain basics, facts, images, and a large collection of fun and challenging brain teasers: http://www.brainconnection.com
Wikipedia offers constantly evolving information and history about brains. Try a search on "brain" at http://en.wikipedia.org

Multiple Intelligences
Psychologist Howard Gardner introduced the theory of multiple intelligences in his classic book, Frames of Mind. For more information on the different types of intelligence, visit: http://www.miresearch.org
Not sure which of the multiple intelligences you fit into? Take the Multiple Intelligence Test at: http://www.mitest.com/

Memory
Mind Tools provides a vast repository of memory improvement tools: http://www.mindtools.com/

Critical Thinking
Critical thinkers are initiators. They think things through for themselves, raise questions, and locate information that will help them reach decisions and form judgments. They place a central importance on reasoning. Read more about critical thinking at: http://www.criticalthinking.org/