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The Overflowing Brain
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The Overfl owing Brain
Information Overload and the
Limits of Working Memory
Torkel Klingberg, MD, PhD
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm Brain Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
Translated by Neil Betteridge
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2009
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Klingberg, Torkel, 1967-
[Översvämmade hjärnan]
The overfl owing brain: information overload and the limits of working
memory / Torkel Klingberg.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-0-19-537288-5
1. Human information processing—Physiological aspects. 2. Short-term
memory—Physiological aspects. 3. Attention—Physiological aspects.
4. Cerebral cortex—Growth. 5. Neuroplasticity. I. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Memory. 2. Attention. 3. Memory Disorders—pathology.
4. Neuronal Plasticity—physiology. BF 371 K654o 2009]
BF444. K5513 2009
153—dc22
2008014273
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