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Index

A note on the digital index

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acceleration,
End Notes

AceReader Pro,
Avoid Holes in Attention

action,
Monkey See, Monkey Do

(see also behavior)
attention and,
Attention: Hacks 34–43
conscious,
How It Works
controlling movements during,
Three Kinds of Motor Control
efference copy of,
Why Can’t You Tickle Yourself?
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

affordances,
How It Works
,
In Action

aftereffects

adaptation and,
Get Adjusted
motion,
See Also
,
See Also

agency

detecting,
End Notes
experiencing,
See Also

Aglioti, Savatore,
Trick Half Your Mind

alpha waves,
Electroencephalogram: Getting the Big Picture with EEGs
,
In Action
,
How It Works

American Psychological Association,
Recommended Reading

amplitude,
End Notes

amygdala

cool memory system and,
Tale 2
emotions and,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System
,
How It Works
,
In Action
location of,
How It Works

anchors,
Use Numbers Carefully

anger,
In Action
,
Mimicry

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

between concepts,
How It Works
,
Bring Stuff to the Front of Your Mind
,
How It Works
Chameleon Effect and,
Monkey See, Monkey Do
implying,
In Action
memories and,
In Real Life
,
Boost Memory Using Context
,
In Action
priming words,
In Action
teaching to animals,
How It Works

atmospheric perspective,
Depth Matters
,
How it works

attention

allocating,
How It Works
,
How It Works
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
dopamine and,
Make the Caffeine Habit Taste Good
as a filter,
Make Things Invisible Simply by Concentrating (on Something Else)
frontal cortex and,
In Action
gaze and,
How It Works
,
How It Works
grabbing,
How It Works
inhibition of return,
How It Works
as mental process,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12
object intensity and,
How it works
perception and,
Attention: Hacks 34–43
,
In Action
,
How It Works
,
End Notes
,
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
video games and,
Improve Visual Attention Through Video Games

attentional blink

overview,
Avoid Holes in Attention
shortening,
Improve Visual Attention Through Video Games
,
How It Works

attentional capture,
How It Works

attentional resolution,
Attention: Hacks 34–43

attentional set,
How It Works

audition

overview,
Hearing and Language: Hacks 44–52
timing and,
Put Timing Information into Sound and Location Information into Light

auditory adaptation,
Why It Works

auditory cortex,
Cerebral Lobes

auditory (see hearing)

autokinetic effect,
Understand the Rotating Snakes Illusion

automatic grouping,
Grasp the Gestalt

automaticity,
Monkey See, Monkey Do

autopilot,
Moving: Hacks 62–69

autotopagnosia,
In Action

axons,
Cerebral Cortex
,
In Action

Bach, Michael,
In real life
,
Motion Extrapolation: The “Flash-Lag Effect”

Bacon, Francis,
Why Can’t You Tickle Yourself?

balance

broken escalator and,
The Broken Escalator Phenomenon: When Autopilot Takes Over
,
How It Works
overview,
End Notes

Bardel, William,
See Also

Bargh, John,
Monkey See, Monkey Do
,
In Action
,
In Action
,
You Are What You Think

basal ganglia,
In Action
,
How It Works

basilar membrane,
How It Works
,
Discover Pitch

Bavelier, Daphne,
Improve Visual Attention Through Video Games
,
Shortening the Attentional Blink
,
How It Works

behavior,
Monkey See, Monkey Do

(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
words and,
In Action
,
You Are What You Think

behaviorism,
Find Out How the Brain Works Without Looking Inside
,
In Action

Bell, Vaughan,
See Also
,
Detect Sounds on the Margins of Certainty
,
End Notes
,
End Notes

Bem, Daryl,
Find Out How the Brain Works Without Looking Inside

beta waves,
Electroencephalogram: Getting the Big Picture with EEGs
,
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
in reasoning,
Maintain the Status Quo
status quo,
Maintain the Status Quo

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
mapping,
Map Your Blind Spot
for motion,
In Action
optic nerve and,
Understand Visual Processing

blindness

change,
In Action
,
End Note
daily,
Seeing: Hacks 13–33
inattention,
Make Things Invisible Simply by Concentrating (on Something Else)
,
In Action
TMS and,
Cons

blinking, startle response and,
End Notes
,
How It Works

blood

brain and,
Neuropsychology, the 10% Myth, and Why You Use All of Your Brain
cognitive function and,
See Also
magnetic features of,
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The State of the Art
measuring flow of,
See Also
retina and,
How It Works

body schema,
End Notes
,
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
common labels,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System
how it works,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12
split-brain patients,
Use Your Right Brain — and Your Left, Too
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
10% myth and,
Neuropsychology, the 10% Myth, and Why You Use All of Your Brain

brainstem

defined,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System
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

Broca, Paul,
Neuropsychology, the 10% Myth, and Why You Use All of Your Brain

Broca’s area,
Neuropsychology, the 10% Myth, and Why You Use All of Your Brain
,
How It Works

broken escalator phenomenon,
Moving: Hacks 62–69

Brown, Andrew,
Cons
,
Understand What Makes Faces Special

Bunday, Karen,
How It Works

Burrows, Lara,
In Action
,
In Action
,
You Are What You Think

caffeine habit,
In Real Life

Calisham, Tara,
Find Out How the Brain Works Without Looking Inside

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

cause and effect,
Togetherness: Hacks 75–80
,
How It Works

central nervous system

dura mater,
Understand Visual Processing
overview,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System
tour of,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12

cerebellum

action-relevant objects and,
In Action
defined,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System
as old brain,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System
self-generated touch and,
How it works

cerebral blood flow,
See Also

cerebral cortex,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System
,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes
,
Cerebral Lobes

cerebral lobes,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

(see also frontal lobe; occipital lobe; parietal lobe; temporal lobe)

cerebrum

defined,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System
inferior temporal lobe and,
Enter the Visual Cortex
overview,
See Also
striate and,
Behind the Eyes

Chabris, Christopher,
Make Things Invisible Simply by Concentrating (on Something Else)

Chameleon Effect,
Monkey See, Monkey Do

change

blindness to,
In Action
,
End Note
resisting,
Maintain the Status Quo

channel decorrelation,
Get Adjusted

Chartrand, Tanya,
Monkey See, Monkey Do

cheaters, detecting,
End Notes

checker shadow illusion,
In real life

Chen, Mark,
In Action
,
In Action
,
You Are What You Think

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

cochlea,
How It Works
,
Discover Pitch

cocking head,
In Real Life

coffee,
In Real Life

cognitive (experimental) psychology

defined,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12
priming and,
In Action
reverse engineering and,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12
,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12
,
Find Out How the Brain Works Without Looking Inside

cognitive neuroscience,
How to Use This Book
,
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The State of the Art
,
How It Works

coherence,
In Real Life

coincidence,
In Action
,
How It Works

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
confusing identification,
Confuse Color Identification with Mixed Signals
depth cues and,
Depth Matters
,
How it works
flash-lag effect and,
How It Works
negative priming for,
In Action
parvocellular pathway and,
End Notes
peripheral vision and,
See the Limits of Your Vision
,
In Action
,
In Action
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

attention and,
Make Things Invisible Simply by Concentrating (on Something Else)
contextual interference effect and,
How It Works
Stroop Effect and,
Confuse Color Identification with Mixed Signals

concepts

associations between,
How It Works
,
Bring Stuff to the Front of Your Mind
,
How It Works
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

maintaining,
Maintain the Status Quo
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
training for,
Three Kinds of Motor Control

corpus callosum,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes
,
Use Your Right Brain — and Your Left, Too

corrugator muscles,
Mimicry

cortex,
Use Your Right Brain — and Your Left, Too

(see also motor cortex; sensory cortex; visual cortex)
cerebral,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System
,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes
,
Cerebral Lobes
cognition and,
Neuropsychology, the 10% Myth, and Why You Use All of Your Brain
description,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System
EEG and,
Electroencephalogram: Getting the Big Picture with EEGs
frontal,
In Action
hemispheres and,
Use Your Right Brain — and Your Left, Too
human functions and,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes
integration and,
Cerebral Cortex
,
How It Works
limbic system and,
How It Works
maps of,
Cerebral Lobes
parietal,
How It Works
,
In Action
,
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
somatosensory,
How It Works
,
In Action
,
In Action
,
How it works
subcortex and,
Use Your Right Brain — and Your Left, Too
,
Make the Caffeine Habit Taste Good
tempero-parietal junction,
How It Works
temporal,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System
,
End Notes
TMS and,
Cons
V3 and,
Enter the Visual Cortex
verbal fluency tasks and,
In Action
visual processing and,
“What” and “Where” Processing Streams