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

Author/creator Klingberg, Torkel, 1967-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxiv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Human information processing--Physiological aspects.
Short-term memory--Physiological aspects.
Attention--Physiological aspects.
Cerebral cortex--Growth.
Neuroplasticity.
Memory.
Attention.
Memory disorders--pathology.
Neuroplasticity--Physiology.
Uniform titleÖversvämmade hjärnan. English
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.
Local noteLittle-360076--305131065990%
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index.
LCCN 2008014273
ISBN9780195372885 (alk. paper)
ISBN0195372883 (alk. paper)

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