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Comments: A leading neurosurgeon and a noted puzzle designer team up to reveal the fascinating science behind the reasons why puzzles improve brain function. Packed with illuminating insights and dozens of puzzles, this is both a lively book of popular science and an engaging set of exercises in developing a wide array of thinking and memory skills. Introduction--The Art and Science of Brain Enhancement--Learning to Solve Puzzles--Memory--1. Working Memory: Brain Juggling--2. Long-term Memory: Imagining the Future by Remembering the Past--Perception--3. Perceptual Skill Learning: The Sommelier and the Hockey Player--4. Visual Thinking: Seeing, Not Just Looking--5. Spatial Thinking: The Challenge of Mental Rotation--6. Listening: The Foley Artist and the Cocktail Party--7. Motor Skill Learning: Of Mental Maps and Pickpockets--8. Time: Clock Time vs. Brain Time--Cognition--9. Thinking in Words: The Hammer, the Saw, and the Hatchet--10. Logic: Reasoning in Uncertain Situations--11. Emotions and Thinking: The Anger Superiority Effect--12. Mathematics: Doing the Numbers at the Checkout Line--13. Illusions: Shadows, Balls, and Rotating Snakes--14. Creativity: The Magic Matches of Carlo Reverberi--Conclusions--Acknowledgments- New
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Comments: A leading neurosurgeon and a noted puzzle designer team up to reveal the fascinating science behind the reasons why puzzles improve brain function. Packed with illuminating insights and dozens of puzzles, this is both a lively book of popular science and an engaging set of exercises in developing a wide array of thinking and memory skills. Introduction--The Art and Science of Brain Enhancement--Learning to Solve Puzzles--Memory--1. Working Memory: Brain Juggling--2. Long-term Memory: Imagining the Future by Remembering the Past--Perception--3. Perceptual Skill Learning: The Sommelier and the Hockey Player--4. Visual Thinking: Seeing, Not Just Looking--5. Spatial Thinking: The Challenge of Mental Rotation--6. Listening: The Foley Artist and the Cocktail Party--7. Motor Skill Learning: Of Mental Maps and Pickpockets--8. Time: Clock Time vs. Brain Time--Cognition--9. Thinking in Words: The Hammer, the Saw, and the Hatchet--10. Logic: Reasoning in Uncertain Situations--11. Emotions and Thinking: The Anger Superiority Effect--12. Mathematics: Doing the Numbers at the Checkout Line--13. Illusions: Shadows, Balls, and Rotating Snakes--14. Creativity: The Magic Matches of Carlo Reverberi--Conclusions--Acknowledgments-
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Comments: Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Line drawings, black & white.
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