to look at common things in a different way. and he certainly had that ability. >> larry: do you study memory? >> yeah. that's a big field. memory is important for certain things. really the higher order functions are things like problem solving. that's really more of what dr. amen is referring to. if you solve things in a novel way never thought of before. >> larry: would you go nuts with 20% memory? >> we would have to do a lot of stress management. it would melt our circuits. >> larry: would it be genius though? >> genius is made up of so many different elements. to be optimally functioning you want to utilize all of the tools that you have and that means making sure that you are taking proper care of yourself, your hard drive is clear and again trauma is so powerful in effecting and disrupting memory and most people have a lot of untreated and even unrecognized trauma.