Mike Carruthers

So even though your eyes are open and you can see everything, you miss critical visual information, like that car coming at you at the intersection.

This is why you're four times more likely to have an accident if you're talking on the phone.

The University of Kansas researchers also found that your hands have nothing to do with it.

In other words, talking on a hands-free device doesn't really lower your risk of an accident.

And that is something you should know.

We're about to talk about something that you may not even know is a thing.

And it is something called visual intelligence.

And I'll let my guest explain it in more detail in just a moment.

But basically, visual intelligence is when you look at something or someone or someplace, what is it you see?

What is it you don't see?

How do you interpret it?

How is it different than what other people see?

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.