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Mind Hacks
Tom Stafford
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Description for Mind Hacks
Paperback. This exploration into the moment-by-moment works of the brain uses cognitive neuroscience to present experiments, tricks, and tips related to vision, motor skills, attention, cognition, subliminal perception. Each "hack" examines specific operations of the brain. If you want to find out what's going on in your head, then 'Mind Hacks' is the key. Num Pages: 394 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; VSPT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
The brain is a fearsomely complex information-processing environment--one that often eludes our ability to understand it. At any given time, the brain is collecting, filtering, and analyzing information and, in response, performing countless intricate processes, some of which are automatic, some voluntary, some conscious, and some unconscious. Cognitive neuroscience is one of the ways we have to understand the workings of our minds. It's the study of the brain biology behind our mental functions: a collection of methods--like brain scanning and computational modeling--combined with a way of looking at psychological phenomena and discovering where, why, and how the ... Read more
The brain is a fearsomely complex information-processing environment--one that often eludes our ability to understand it. At any given time, the brain is collecting, filtering, and analyzing information and, in response, performing countless intricate processes, some of which are automatic, some voluntary, some conscious, and some unconscious. Cognitive neuroscience is one of the ways we have to understand the workings of our minds. It's the study of the brain biology behind our mental functions: a collection of methods--like brain scanning and computational modeling--combined with a way of looking at psychological phenomena and discovering where, why, and how the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
Number of pages
394
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
576g
Number of Pages
394
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9780596007799
SKU
V9780596007799
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About Tom Stafford
Tom Stafford has been studying, researching and teaching psychology at the university level since 1996, when he received his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience. He's currently employed as a researcher for the BBC and editor of The Psychologist magazine (the official journal of the British Psychological Society), positions which bring him into contact with working research scientists around the world. ... Read more
Reviews for Mind Hacks
The authors have compiled a fascinating ?collection of probes into the moment-by-moment works of the brain?. From getting to know the structure of your brain to learning how we see, hear and recall events, Mind Hacks allows you to test the theories of neuroscience on your own grey matter. If you?ve always wanted to get closer to your cerebellum but ... Read more