03106nam 2200649Ia 450 991045443140332120200520144314.01-281-82601-497866118260170-19-970672-7(CKB)1000000000556372(EBL)415934(OCoLC)476245848(SSID)ssj0000217154(PQKBManifestationID)11197961(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000217154(PQKBWorkID)10202078(PQKB)10013628(MiAaPQ)EBC415934(Au-PeEL)EBL415934(CaPaEBR)ebr10254418(CaONFJC)MIL182601(EXLCZ)99100000000055637220080327d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe overflowing brain[electronic resource] information overload and the limits of working memory /Torkel Klingberg ; translated by Neil BetteridgeOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-537288-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index.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; IndexAs 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 and more informaton at greater and greater speeds. And yet the human brain has hardly changed in the last 40,000 years. Are all these high-tech advanHuman information processingPhysiological aspectsShort-term memoryPhysiological aspectsAttentionPhysiological aspectsCerebral cortexGrowthNeuroplasticityElectronic books.Human information processingPhysiological aspects.Short-term memoryPhysiological aspects.AttentionPhysiological aspects.Cerebral cortexGrowth.Neuroplasticity.153Klingberg Torkel1967-989867MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454431403321The overflowing brain2264107UNINA