Mike Carruthers

Police, the military, they're trained to hone their visual intelligence, to notice things that others don't.

But you can do it too, and the benefits, as you are about to find out, are pretty sensational.

Meet Amy Herman.

She has provided leadership training to the FBI, the Navy SEALs, NATO, the Peace Corps, Georgetown University Hospital, as well as executives at Microsoft and Google.

She's author of the best-selling book, Visual Intelligence, and there is a new adaptation of that book for kids called Smart.

Use your eyes to boost your brain.

Hi, Amy.

Welcome to Something You Should Know.

So what exactly is visual intelligence?

That's probably the best place to start.

What is it you're talking about when you talk of visual intelligence?

So let's start with one of your premises there that people see the same thing differently, that you and I could look at the same thing and we see something differently.

It doesn't feel that way.

You know, if we look at an apple on the table, we're both just looking at an apple on the table.

There's no difference.

So how do you hone your visual intelligence and see things differently than the way you see them now?

Well, if you and I are looking at the Mona Lisa, how is it going to be all that different?

How's mine going to be any different than yours?

I mean, not completely the same, but it seems like it's going to sound pretty much the same.

You have done a really good job of explaining your point.