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

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 lis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klingberg, Torkel, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Swedish
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 and more information at greater and greater speeds. And yet the human brain has hardly changed in the last 40,000 years. Are all these high-tech advan.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-196) and index.
ISBN:9780199706723
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