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Authors: Tom Stafford,Matt Webb

Tags: #COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction

Mind Hacks™: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain (49 page)

Index
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A
acceleration,
End Notes
(see also behavior)
conscious,
How It Works
controlling movements during,
Three Kinds of Motor Control
neurons and,
In Action
object affordances and,
How It Works
perception and,
See Also
,
End Notes
self-caused,
See Also
action potentials,
The Neuron
active vision,
Blind to Change
acute phase response,
End Notes
,
In Action
adaptation
defined,
How It Works
overview,
Get Adjusted
perception and,
How It Works
Adelson, Ted,
In real life
adjustment (see adaptation)
adrenaline,
Tale 2
advertising
fluency and,
How It Works
gaze direction and,
How It Works
status quo bias and,
Version 2
subliminal messages and,
How It Works
affective system,
Make Yourself Happy
,
Tale 2
aftereffects
adaptation and,
Get Adjusted
agency
detecting,
End Notes
experiencing,
See Also
Aglioti, Savatore,
Trick Half Your Mind
American Psychological Association,
Recommended Reading
amplitude,
End Notes
amygdala
cool memory system and,
Tale 2
location of,
How It Works
animals
conditioning and,
How It Works
hippocampus and,
How It Works
looming objects and,
How It Works
optic lobe,
In Action
photoreceptors in,
How It Works
pointing and,
How It Works
pop-out and,
How It Works
value of experimentation,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12
animation/animacy
of objects,
End Notes
static pictures and,
See Also
visual process and,
In Action
anomolous motion,
How It Works
anterior cingulate,
How it works
Anzai, Akiyuki,
In Action
apparent motion,
See Also
Aristotle’s Illusion,
In Action
arrows, as symbols,
How It Works
association
Chameleon Effect and,
Monkey See, Monkey Do
implying,
In Action
priming words,
In Action
teaching to animals,
How It Works
atmospheric perspective,
Depth Matters
,
How it works
attention
avoiding holes in,
End Notes
blindness to changes,
End Note
changes in scale and,
In real life
counting faster,
End Note
detail and limits of,
Attention: Hacks 34–43
dividing across locations,
End Notes
frontal cortex and,
In Action
grabbing,
How It Works
inhibition of return,
How It Works
object intensity and,
How it works
peripheral vision and,
How It Works
saccades and,
To See, Act
,
In Action
shifting,
End Notes
startle response and,
How It Works
stopped clock illusion and,
In Action
superior colliculus and,
Understand Visual Processing
attentional blink
attentional capture,
How It Works
attentional resolution,
Attention: Hacks 34–43
attentional set,
How It Works
audition
auditory adaptation,
Why It Works
auditory cortex,
Cerebral Lobes
auditory (see hearing)
automatic grouping,
Grasp the Gestalt
autotopagnosia,
In Action
B
balance
overview,
End Notes
Bardel, William,
See Also
basal ganglia,
In Action
,
How It Works
basilar membrane,
How It Works
,
Discover Pitch
(see also action)
Chameleon Effect,
Monkey See, Monkey Do
grouping objects by,
See a Person in Moving Lights
mirroring,
How It Works
predicting future,
Maintain the Status Quo
voluntary,
How It Works
beta-adrenergic receptors,
Tale 2
biases
avoiding risks,
Version 2
crossing senses and,
Audition dominates for timing
estimating numbers and,
How It Works
binding problem,
How It Works
binocular vision,
See Also
biological motion detection,
How It Works
,
How It Works
Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne,
How It Works
blind spot
awareness of,
To See, Act
for motion,
In Action
blindness
TMS and,
Cons
blinking, startle response and,
End Notes
,
How It Works
blood
cognitive function and,
See Also
measuring flow of,
See Also
retina and,
How It Works
BOLD (blood oxygen level dependent) fMRI,
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The State of the Art
Bornstein, Robert,
End Notes
brain,
Cons
(see also neuropsychology)
as association machine,
In Action
unused potential,
Cons
brain cells (see neurons)
brain imaging research
action-relevant objects and,
In Action
basic emotions and,
In Action
landmarks and,
In Action
movement and location,
See Also
on hemispheres,
How It Works
perceiving biological motion and,
How It Works
tempero-parietal junction and,
How It Works
brainstem
locating sounds and,
In Action
sleep and,
How It Works
branding techniques,
How It Works
brightness,
How it works
(see also light)
defined,
How It Works
inhibition of return and,
Don’t Look Back!
luminancy differences,
In real life
Pulfrich Effect and,
In Real Life
broken escalator phenomenon,
Moving: Hacks 62–69
Bunday, Karen,
How It Works
C
caffeine habit,
In Real Life
candela,
How It Works
carotid pulse,
See Also
,
How It Works
Carruthers, Peter,
How It Works
,
In Action
Cartesian theater,
End Notes
categorical perception,
How It Works
categorization,
In Action
,
How It Works
central nervous system
cerebellum
action-relevant objects and,
In Action
self-generated touch and,
How it works
cerebral blood flow,
See Also
(see also frontal lobe; occipital lobe; parietal lobe; temporal lobe)
cerebrum
inferior temporal lobe and,
Enter the Visual Cortex
overview,
See Also
striate and,
Behind the Eyes
Chameleon Effect,
Monkey See, Monkey Do
change
blindness to,
In Action
,
End Note
channel decorrelation,
Get Adjusted
Chartrand, Tanya,
Monkey See, Monkey Do
cheaters, detecting,
End Notes
checker shadow illusion,
In real life
Cheshire Cat experiment,
How It Works
Choudhury, Suparna,
How It Works
classical conditioning,
In Action
classification,
How It Works
,
How It Works
closure grouping principle,
How It Works
cocking head,
In Real Life
cognitive (experimental) psychology
priming and,
In Action
coherence,
In Real Life
collision detection,
End Notes
color
abacus and,
How It Works
allocating attention and,
How It Works
categorical perception and,
How It Works
cones and,
In Action
flash-lag effect and,
How It Works
negative priming for,
In Action
parvocellular pathway and,
End Notes
rods and,
In Action
stepping feet illusion and,
In Action
VSTM and,
How It Works
common fate,
How It Works
communication
emotional cues and,
Mimicry
via facial expression,
How It Works
hand gestures for,
How It Works
protolanguage and,
How It Works
compatibility effect,
Objects Ask to Be Used
computers
apparent motion and,
In Action
delays entering characters,
How It Works
memory and,
See Also
,
In Action
Simon Effect and,
How It Works
concentration
contextual interference effect and,
How It Works
concepts
priming,
In Action
conditioned response,
How It Works
conditioned stimulus,
How It Works
conditioning
classical,
In Action
operant,
How It Works
placebo effect and,
How It Works
cones,
In Action
conflict resolution,
End Notes
conscious awareness/consciousness
accessibility of,
In Action
Cartesian theater and,
End Notes
hypnagogic state and,
End Notes
memory and,
End Notes
out-of-body experiences,
End Notes
overview,
End Notes
priming and,
How It Works
subliminal perception and,
End Notes
consistency
of thought and action,
In Action
,
How It Works
contagious hostility,
In Action
context
boosting memory and,
See Also
memory recall and,
End Notes
,
In Action
contextual interference effect,
Change Context to Build Robust Memories
,
In Action
continuation grouping principle,
How It Works
contrast,
How It Works
“cool” system,
In Real Life
coordination
of emotions,
How It Works
corrugator muscles,
Mimicry
(see also motor cortex; sensory cortex; visual cortex)
frontal,
In Action
limbic system and,
How It Works
posterior orbitofrontal,
End Notes
posterior parietal,
How It Works
,
End Notes
premotor,
How It Works
saccadic suppression and,
In Action
sensory processing and,
How It Works
tempero-parietal junction,
How It Works
TMS and,
Cons
verbal fluency tasks and,
In Action
Cosmides, Leda,
How It Works
countershading,
How It Works
critical lure,
In Action
crossed hands illusion,
In Action
,
In Action
crossmodal interactions,
In Real Life
,
How It Works
,
In Action

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