The overflowing brain : information overload and the limits of working memory /
by Klingberg, Torkel.
Material type: BookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009Description: xiv, 202 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780195372885 (alk. paper); 0195372883 (alk. paper); .Uniform titles: Översvämmade hjärnan. English.Subject(s): Human information processing -- Physiological aspects | Short-term memory -- Physiological aspects | Attention -- Physiological aspects | Cerebral cortex -- Growth | Neuroplasticity | Memory | Attention | Memory Disorders -- pathology | Neuronal Plasticity -- physiologyOnline resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Introduction : the stone age brain meets the information flood -- The information portal -- The mental workbench -- Models of working memory -- The brain and the magical number seven -- Simultaneous capacity and mental bandwidth -- Wallace's paradox -- Brain plasticity -- Does ADHD exist? -- The everyday exercising of our mental muscles -- Computer games -- The Flynn effect -- Neurocognitive enhancement -- The information flood and flow.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index.
Introduction : the stone age brain meets the information flood -- The information portal -- The mental workbench -- Models of working memory -- The brain and the magical number seven -- Simultaneous capacity and mental bandwidth -- Wallace's paradox -- Brain plasticity -- Does ADHD exist? -- The everyday exercising of our mental muscles -- Computer games -- The Flynn effect -- Neurocognitive enhancement -- The information flood and flow.
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