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Author Klingberg, Torkel, 1967-

Title The overflowing brain : information overload and the limits of working memory / Torkel Klingberg ; translated by Neil Betteridge.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  153 K65O    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-196) and index.
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.
Subject 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.
Added Title Översvämmade hjärnan. English
ISBN 9780195372885 alkaline paper
0195372883 alkaline paper
0195372885 (alk. paper)
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