The playful brain : the surprising science of how puzzles improve you mind

Restak, Richard, 1942-

Book 2011

A leading neuroscientist and a noted puzzle designer team up to reveal how solving puzzles improves one's brain function, giving readers the chance to work puzzles while learning how to boost their brain.

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Cognitive neuroscience

Puzzles

Thought and thinking Problems, exercises, etc

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Problems and exercises

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ISBN:

9781594485459

Edition:

First Riverhead trade paperback edition

Description:

294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

""Informative."--THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER"--Cover

Contents:

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

Control Number:

822570

Other Authors:

Kim, Scott

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