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The playful brain : the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind / Richard Restak ; with puzzles by Scott Kim.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books, c2010.Description: 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781594487774 (alk. paper)
  • 1594487774
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.82
LOC classification:
  • QP 360.5 R436p 2010
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QP 360.5 R436p 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000104843

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.

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