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

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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.
Temas:
Human information processing > Physiological aspects.
Short-term memory > Physiological aspects.
Attention > Physiological aspects.
Cerebral cortex > Growth.
Neuroplasticity.
Attention.
Memory
Neuronal Plasticity
Attention
Memory Disorders > pathology
Neuronal Plasticity > physiology
Traitement de l'information chez l'être humain > Aspect physiologique.
Mémoire immédiate > Aspect physiologique.
Attention > Aspect physiologique.
Cortex cérébral > Croissance.
Plasticité neuronale.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
Attention > Physiological aspects
Cerebral cortex > Growth
Human information processing > Physiological aspects
Neuroplasticity
Short-term memory > Physiological aspects
Informationsüberlastung
Kognitive Komplexität
Korttidsminne > psykologiska aspekter.
Koncentrationssvårigheter.
Informationssamhället > psykologiska aspekter.
Physiological aspects.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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