The playful brain : the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind /
Restak, Richard M., 1942-
The playful brain : the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind / Richard Restak ; with puzzles by Scott Kim. - New York : Riverhead Books, c2010. - 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-288) and index.
The art and science of brain enhancement -- Learning to solve puzzles -- Memory -- Working memory: brain juggling -- Long-term memory: imagining the future by remembering the past -- Perception -- 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 -- Cognition -- 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.
9781594487774 (alk. paper) 1594487774
2010024140
Cognitive neuroscience.
Puzzles.
Thought and thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.
Neurociencias--Trabajos populares.
Cerebro--Trabajos populares.
QP 360.5 / R436p 2010
612.82
The playful brain : the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind / Richard Restak ; with puzzles by Scott Kim. - New York : Riverhead Books, c2010. - 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-288) and index.
The art and science of brain enhancement -- Learning to solve puzzles -- Memory -- Working memory: brain juggling -- Long-term memory: imagining the future by remembering the past -- Perception -- 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 -- Cognition -- 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.
9781594487774 (alk. paper) 1594487774
2010024140
Cognitive neuroscience.
Puzzles.
Thought and thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.
Neurociencias--Trabajos populares.
Cerebro--Trabajos populares.
QP 360.5 / R436p 2010
612.82