Cognitive neuroscience of human systems : work and everyday life /: work and everyday life. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chris Forsythe, Huafei Liao, Michael Trumbo, Rogelio E. Cardona-Rivera.
• Authors: Forsythe, Chris; Liao, Huafei; Trumbo, Michael; Cardona-Rivera, Rogelio E
• Contents: Introduction; Acknowledgments; References; ; A Few Basics ; Neurons: A Basic Unit of the Brain; Neurons Live in a Protected Fluid Environment; The Brain Sustains a Homeostatic Balance; Our Brains Are Continually Being Shaped; Many Functions May Be Localized to Specific; Regions of the Brain; Everyday Activities Involve Integrated Functions Dispersed; throughout the Brain; The Brain Is a Complex System, Yet Is Only One Component; in a Larger System of Systems; No Two Brains Work Exactly the Same; Our Best Measures Do Not Tell Us Exactly How the Brain Works; Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Acknowledgments; References; ; Conscious Awareness ; Conscious versus Nonconscious Engagement; Vulnerabilities That Arise Due to the Limits of Our; Conscious Awareness; Timing of Brain Processes and Conscious Awareness; Default Network: Mind Wandering; Inattentional Blindness; Implicit Operations of the Brain; Unconscious Impact of Cognitive State on Decisions; Acknowledgments; References; ; Perceptual Experience ; Our Minds Attend To a Small Slice of What Our Brains Sense; Our Judgment Is Shaped by Unconscious Sensory Experiences; Perception Is Multisensory; The Brain Responds More Strongly To Some Stimuli than Others; Vulnerabilities Arising from Our Perceptual Processes; Perceptual Activities the Brain Does Well; Perception Is Not a Continuous Process; Perceptual Processes May Be Flexibly Adapted To Circumstances; The External World Is Replicated within the Brain; Activity in the Brain Does Not Mean There Was a Conscious; Perceptual Experience; Our Brains Are Specially Tuned To the Actions of Others; Our Sense of the World Is a Product of Our Social Environment; Acknowledgments; References; ; Strengths and Weaknesses ; How to Cope with the Inherent Weaknesses of the Human Brain; Designating to Our Strengths; The Google Effect and the Symbiosis between Brain and; Technology; Once a Task Has Become Automated, Conscious Control; Can Be Surprisingly Effortful; Are We Multitaskers or Merely Good Task Switchers?; Brains Reflexively Respond To Exceptions; As "Pattern-Seeking Primates, " the Default Condition Is to Believe; Acknowledgments; References; ; Error ; Error from the Brain’s Perspective; Organizational Approach to Human Error; Confusion Regarding the Term Human Error ; Interactive Nature and Complexity of Human Error; Error Classifications; Summary; Acknowledgments; References; ; Cognitive States ; Pharmacological Enhancement: Caffeine; Pharmacological Enhancement: Nicotine; Cognitive Enhancement through Physical Exercise; Cognitive Enhancement through Meditation; Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions; Acknowledgments; References; ; Expertise ; Anders Ericsson and the Notion of Deliberative Practice; What Makes an Expert Different?; Acknowledgments; References ; ; Teams and Groups ; Defining Groups; Social Psychology and Neuroscience; Cooperation and Altruism; Group Intelligence; Social Cognition, Metacognition, and Mentalization; Neural Synchronization and Correlation During Group Processes; Neuroeconomics; Acknowledgments; References; ; Neurotechnology ; Neurotechnology to Augment, Train, Preserve, or Repair Cognitive Skills; Neurotechnology as a Tool to Design or Adapt Human–Computer Interaction; Neurotechnology as a New Modality through Which Systems Are Controlled; Neurophysiological Measurement; Desiderata for Design in Neurotechnology; Future Directions; Neurogaming; Multiplayer Neurogaming; Neurocognitive Approaches to Interactive Narratives; Acknowledgments; References;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 612.8233; Cognitive neuroscience; Human engineering
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466570580
• Related ISBNs: 9781466570573
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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