Your brain
Puzzles and brain twisters to keep your mind sharp and your memory intact are all the rage today. More and more people -- Baby Boomers and information workers in particular -- are becoming concerned about their gray matter's ability to function, and with good reason. As this sensible and enter...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sebastopol, California :
O'Reilly Media
[2008]
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| Edición: | First edition |
| Colección: | Missing manual
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627276806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Your Brain: The Missing Manual; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgements; The Missing Manual Series; Introduction; Separating Truth from Speculation; About MissingManuals.com; Safari® Books Online; I. Warming Up; The Brain: An Archeological Site; The Middle Ground; The Basement; The History of the Brain; Ancient Brain, Modern World; The Brain&s Wiring; Synapses; The Nervous System; The Endocrine System; The Pituitary Gland; Mental Fitness; 2. Brain Food: Healthy Eating; Brain Fuel; The Sugar Rush Myth; Complex Carbohydrates: The Ultimate Time-Release Pill; A Brain-Friendly Diet; Meal Timing
- The Secret Gears of AppetiteYour Anti-Starvation System; The Set Point Trap; Emotional Eating; 3. Sleep: Taking Your Brain Offline; The Perfect Day: 24 or 25 Hours?; Why We Sleep; Sleep in Humans; Long-Term Sleep Deprivation; Short-Term Sleep Deprivation; The Sleep Cycle; REM Sleep; How Sleep Manages Emotions; Dream Analysis; Keeping a Dream Journal; II. Exploring Your Brain; Optical Illusions; Your Shifty Eyes; Distortions and Mismeasurements; Color Confusion; The 3-D World; Seeing Things; Ignoring Things; Other Perception-Distorting Assumptions
- Dizzy Yourself Silly with Optical Illusions on the Web5. Memory; Short-Term Memory; Long-Term Memory; The Man Who Couldn&t Remember; The Reconstruction of Remembering; People incorporate new ""information"" into old memories.; People remember ""facts"" more readily than sources; Rehearsal turns suggestions into memories; Memories are influenced by mood; People distort memories to fit the concepts they know; Easier to understand means easier to remember; Why We Forget; The Man Who Couldn&t Forget; Techniques for Better Remembering; Repetition; The Method of Loci; Stories; Word Games; Codes
- Indexing Memories with PegsJournals, Pictures, and Other Memory Aids; Gimmicks; Better Learning; 6. Emotions; What an Emotion Feels Like; How the Brain Assesses Emotions; Pleasure: The Reward System; Motivation; Cheating the Reward System; Fear: Avoiding Death; Emotional Memories; Stress; Conquering Stress; In Search of Happiness; How to Accept Your Happiness Set Point; Looking Forward and Looking Back; Responding to Good and Bad; 7. Reason; Common Sense; Conservatism; The Mere Exposure Effect; Grouping; Moral Calculus; Statistical Blunders; Selection Bias; Regression to the Mean; Probability
- Random Events and Games of ChanceCritical Thinking; Overcoming Bias; Baloney Detection; Winning Arguments with Logical Fallacies; Attack the arguer instead of the argument; Argue from authority; Distort the opposing view; Shift the goalposts; Present a false choice; Criticize the consequences of a belief; Use circular logic; Problem Solving; Creative Thinking Tools; Solve the Opposite Problem; Prompt Ideas with SCAMPER; The Six Thinking Hats; 8. Your Personality; A Personality Test; Dissecting Your Personality; Accommodation; Conscientiousness; Neuroticism; Openness; The Personality Fit; Flow
- III. Understanding Other People&s Brains
