The overflowing brain
Subtitle: information overload and the limits of working memory
By: Torkel Klingberg.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780195372885
Subjects: Human information processing -- Physiological aspects; Short-term memory -- Physiological aspects; Attention -- Physiological aspects; Cerebral cortex -- Growth; Neuroplasticity; Memory; Attention; Memory Disorders -- pathology; Neuronal Plasticity -- physiology
Work titles: Översvämmade hjärnan
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the stone age brain meets the flood of information; title: The information gateway; title: The mental workbench; title: Images of working memory; title: The brain and the magical number; title: Dual-task capacity and mental bandwidth; title: Wallace's paradox; title: The plasticity of the brain; title: Does ADHD exist?; title: A cognitive gym; title: Everyday training of our mental muscles; title: Computer games; title: The Flynn effect; title: Neurocognitive enhancement; title: Information overload and flow.