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

By: Language: English Original language: Swedish Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: xiv, 202 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780195372885 (alk. paper)
  • 0195372883 (alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • OÌversvaÌmmade hjaÌrnan. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153 22
LOC classification:
  • BF444 .K5513 2009
NLM classification:
  • 2008 N-333
  • BF 371
Online resources:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks BF444 .K5513 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001112837

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index.

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.

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