The overflowing brain : information overload and the limits of working memory - Klingberg, Torkel, 1967- (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009)
Introduction : the stone age brain meets the information flood -- The information portal -- The mental workbench -- Models of working memory -- The brain and the magical number seven -- Simultaneous capacity and mental bandwidth -- Wallace's paradox -- Brain plasticity -- Does ADHD exist? -- The everyday exercising of our mental muscles -- Computer games -- The Flynn effect -- Neurocognitive enhancement -- The information flood and flow.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-196) and index.
Keywords: Human information processing -- Physiological aspects; Short-term memory -- Physiological aspects; Attention -- Physiological aspects; Cerebral cortex -- Growth; Neuroplasticity