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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

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

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The overflowing brain

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bibliography

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218190606

Responsibility statement

Torkel Klingberg ; translated by Neil Betteridge

Sub title

information overload and the limits of working memory

Table Of 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

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