The Resource The playful brain : the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind, Richard Restak and Scott Kim
The playful brain : the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind, Richard Restak and Scott Kim
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The item The playful brain : the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind, Richard Restak and Scott Kim represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
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- Summary
- A leading neuroscientist and noted puzzle designer reveal how puzzle solving can improve brain function, discussing the different kinds of memory that are used to solve puzzles, common memory pitfalls, and the benefits of trial-and-error methods on maintaining brain health
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 294 p.
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781594487774
- Label
- The playful brain : the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind
- Title
- The playful brain
- Title remainder
- the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Restak and Scott Kim
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A leading neuroscientist and noted puzzle designer reveal how puzzle solving can improve brain function, discussing the different kinds of memory that are used to solve puzzles, common memory pitfalls, and the benefits of trial-and-error methods on maintaining brain health
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Restak, Richard M.
- Dewey number
- 612.8/2
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Kim, Scott
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cognitive neuroscience
- Puzzles
- Thought and thinking
- Label
- The playful brain : the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind, Richard Restak and Scott Kim
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- 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
- Control code
- BK0008807718
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 294 p.
- Isbn
- 9781594487774
- Lccn
- 2010024140
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- The playful brain : the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind, Richard Restak and Scott Kim
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- 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
- Control code
- BK0008807718
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 294 p.
- Isbn
- 9781594487774
- Lccn
- 2010024140
- Other physical details
- ill.
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