The overflowing brain : information overload and the limits of working memory /

Main Author: Klingberg, Torkel, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Swedish
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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245 1 4 |a The overflowing brain :  |b information overload and the limits of working memory /  |c Torkel Klingberg ; translated by Neil Betteridge. 
246 3 4 |a Översvämmade hjärnan 
260 3 4 |a Oxford :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2009. 
300 3 4 |a xiv, 202 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 3 4 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index. 
505 3 4 |a 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. 
650 3 4 |a Human information processing  |x Physiological aspects. 
650 3 4 |a Short-term memory  |x Physiological aspects. 
650 3 4 |a Attention  |x Physiological aspects. 
650 3 4 |a Cerebral cortex  |x Growth. 
650 3 4 |a Neuroplasticity 
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