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The overflowing brain：information overload and the limits of working memory

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Klingberg Torkel 1967-
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford New York
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
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
Informationsüberlastung
Kognitive Komplexität
Item Description: Översvämmade hjärnan.
Carrier Form: xiv, 202 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780195372885 (alk. paper)
0195372883 (alk. paper)
Index Number: R338
CLC: R338.6
B842.3
Call Number: B842.3/K656
Contents: 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? -- A cognitive gym -- The everyday exercising of our mental muscles -- Computer games -- The Flynn effect -- Neurocognitive enhancement -- The information flood and flow.

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