I find it useful to imagine that the brain comes with two types of compute power. One is similar to a CPU, and provides the ability to follow procedures accura

I find it useful to imagine that the brain comes with two types of compute power. One is similar to a CPU, and provides the ability to follow procedures accurately and fast. This helps with arithmetic and a lot of cases where one can follow a memorized pattern for how to solve a problem. The other is more like a GPU. This helps in a number of areas, such as visualization, geometric intuition, inductive reasoning and often creativity when facing novel problems. Most of these are a form of pattern recognition.