The overflowing brain : information overload and the limits of working memory /

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Author / Creator:Klingberg, Torkel, 1967-
Uniform title:Översvämmade hjärnan. English
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11185924
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ISBN:9780199706723
0199706727
9780195372885
0195372883
1281826014
9781281826015
9786611826017
6611826017
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-196) and index.
Translated from the Swedish.
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Summary:As the pace of technological change accelerates, we are increasingly experiencing a state of information overload. Statistics show that we are interrupted every three minutes during the course of the work day. Multitasking between email, cell-phone, text messages, and four or five websites while listening to an iPod forces the brain to process more and more information at greater and greater speeds. And yet the human brain has hardly changed in the last 40,000 years. Are all these high-tech advan.
Other form:Print version: Klingberg, Torkel, 1967- Översvämmade hjärnan. English. Overflowing brain. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 9780195372885 0195372883
Standard no.:2823465