The overflowing brain [electronic resource] : information overload and the limits of working memory / Torkel Klingberg ; translated by Neil Betteridge.
Klingberg, Torkel, 1967-
2009
BF444 .K5513 2009eb
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Title The overflowing brain [electronic resource] : information overload and the limits of working memory / Torkel Klingberg ; translated by Neil Betteridge.
Author Klingberg, Torkel, 1967-
Uniform Title Översvämmade hjärnan. English
ISBN 9780199706723 (electronic bk.)
9780195372885
0195372883
Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Language English
Language Note Translated from the Swedish.
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 202 p.) : ill.
Call Number BF444 .K5513 2009eb
Summary "The most pressing concerns with the Information Age are: how do we deal with the daily influx of information that our inundated mental capacities are faced with? At what point does our Stone Age brain become insufficient? Will we be able to train our brains effectively to increase brain capacity in order to stay in step with our inexorable lifestyles? Or will we be stricken with attention deficits because of brain overload? Torkel Klingberg is an international authority on cognitive training. In this book, he addresses these questions as he takes us through the limits and possibilities of the brain. What he suggests is this: if we find a balance between the demand of everyday activities and our limited Stone Age brain capacity, we can maximally develop our working memory - improving our brains and ourselves."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index.
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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?
A cognitive gym
The everyday exercising of our mental muscles
Computer games
The Flynn effect
Neurocognitive enhancement
The information flood and flow.

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