How does the thought cabinet work?

[rizefall]

I've picked out a few (look at the picture), had the side effects before i came to a "solution", which is supposed to give me some bonuses, from the looks of it. But they aren't listed to the left. Bugged or what am i doing wrong? https://i.imgur.com/TEBu6bZ.png

[rizefall]

I think i get it now though. Is it because none of my thoughts increase the pure stats or skills? All they do right now is increasing learning caps, for the most part

[Du-Vu]

Learning caps are the diamonds on each skill on the character page, which are how many skill points you can add to that skill. Learning caps are equal to the stat for that skill, so in your case 4 for INT, 2 for FYS, 3 for PSY and MOT. Except with this thought equipped, you can now increase any of your MOT skills up to 4. Still have to spend the points, though.

Edit: You got it, yeah. Most thoughts increase a skill or two by a point or two, sometimes with a penalty. For the most part the only way to increase stats is temporarily with drugs and booze. There *are* thoughts that increase the alcohol bonus to +2 FYS, or the speed bonus to +1 MOT and PSY, but I think they're still buggy atm. Note that this does temporarily increase your learning cap as well.