The playful brain : the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind
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- ISBN: 9781594487774
- ISBN: 1594487774
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Physical Description:
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294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-288) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Working memory: brain juggling -- Long-term memory: imagining the future by remembering the past -- Perceptual skill learning: the sommelier and the hockey player -- Visual thinking: seeing, not just looking -- Spatial thinking: the challenge of mental rotation -- Listening: the foley artist and the cocktail party -- Motor skill learning: of mental maps and pickpockets -- Time: clock time vs. brain time -- Thinking in words: the hammer, the saw, and the hatchet -- Logic: reasoning in uncertain situations -- Emotions and thinking: the anger superiority effect -- Mathematics: doing the numbers at the checkout line -- Illusions: shadows, balls, and rotating snakes -- Creativity: the magic matches of Carlo Reverberi. |
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Subject: | Cognitive neuroscience Thought and thinking -- Problems, exercises, etc Puzzles Cognitive ability Memory Perception |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Decoda Literacy Library | 612.82 R47 2010 (Text) | 35410000036962 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |