TY  - BOOK
AU  - Restak,Richard M.
AU  - Kim,Scott
TI  - The playful brain: the surprising science of how puzzles improve your mind 
SN  - 9781594487774 (alk. paper)
AV  - QP 360.5 R436p 2010
U1  - 612.82 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Riverhead Books
KW  - Cognitive neuroscience
KW  - Puzzles
KW  - Thought and thinking
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - Neurociencias
KW  - Trabajos populares
KW  - Cerebro
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-288) and index; 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
ER  -