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Autore |
Klingberg Torkel <1967-> |
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Titolo |
The overflowing brain [[electronic resource] ] : information overload and the limits of working memory / / Torkel Klingberg ; translated by Neil Betteridge |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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0-19-770897-8 |
0-19-988825-6 |
1-281-82601-4 |
9786611826017 |
0-19-970672-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human information processing - Physiological aspects |
Short-term memory - Physiological aspects |
Attention - Physiological aspects |
Cerebral cortex - Growth |
Neuroplasticity |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Introduction: The Stone Age Brain Meets the Information Flood; 2. The Information Portal; 3. The Mental Workbench; 4. Models of Working Memory; 5. The Brain and the Magical Number Seven; 6. Simultaneous Capacity and Mental Bandwidth; 7. Wallace's Paradox; 8. Brain Plasticity; 9. Does ADHD Exist?; 10. A Cognitive Gym; 11. The Everyday Exercising of Our Mental Muscles; 12. Computer Games; 13. The Flynn Effect; 14. Neurocognitive Enhancement; 15. The Information Flood and Flow; Notes and References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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As the pace of technological change accelerates, we are increasingly experiencing a state of information overload. Statistics show that we are interrupted every three minutes during the course of the work day. Multitasking between email, cell-phone, text messages, and four or five websites while listening to an iPod forces the brain to process more |
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