Mind Hacks™: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain (50 page)

neurons and,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12

Pieron’s Law and,
How It Works

self-caused actions and,
See Also

spinal cord and,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System

feeling better and,
End Notes

flinching as,
End Notes

triggers for,
How It Works

neurons and,
How It Works

perceiving,
Understand Visual Processing

Pulfrich Effect,
In Real Life

3D shapes and,
Fool Yourself into Seeing 3D
,
See Also

detecting for sound,
Detect Sound Direction

object animacy and,
How It Works

Simon Effect and,
End Notes

(see also hearing)

balance and,
End Notes

basilar membrane and,
Discover Pitch

components of,
How It Works

vestibular-ocular reflex,
Understand the Rotating Snakes Illusion

hypnagogic state and,
In Action
,
How It Works

overview,
Electroencephalogram: Getting the Big Picture with EEGs

purpose of,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12

self-caused actions and,
See Also

strength training and,
In Action

basic,
In Action

contagious nature of,
In Action

coordinated,
How It Works

cortex and,
“What” and “Where” Processing Streams

happiness,
Make Yourself Happy

limbic system and,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System

memory and,
In Real Life

recognizing,
How It Works

signaling,
End Notes

electrical activity and,
Electroencephalogram: Getting the Big Picture with EEGs

out-of-body experience and,
How It Works

split-brain patients and,
Use Your Right Brain — and Your Left, Too

low-frequency events and,
Think About Frequencies Rather than Probabilities

numbers,
Use Numbers Carefully

demarcating boundaries of,
In Action

emotional stimuli,
Tale 1

estimating low-frequency,
Think About Frequencies Rather than Probabilities

false memory of,
In Real Life

memory of,
How It Works

perception of,
How It Works

hearing with,
How It Works

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

moving,
To See, Act

tracking movement of,
To See, Act

variant eye chart,
See the Limits of Your Vision
,
In Action

analyzing parts of,
End Notes

fixation and,
In Action
,
Map Your Blind Spot

hypnagogic state and,
End Notes

mimicry and,
In Action

noticing,
End Notes

object recognition and,
“What” and “Where” Processing Streams

priming,
In Real Life

processing,
Understand What Makes Faces Special

recognizing,
How It Works
,
See Also
,
Boost Memory Using Context

shadows and,
How It Works

tweaking muscles,
Make Yourself Happy

fake,
How It Works
,
End Notes

false memory and,
End Notes

priming and,
In Real Life

attention as,
Make Things Invisible Simply by Concentrating (on Something Else)

marginal sounds and,
Detect Sounds on the Margins of Certainty

defined,
To See, Act

gap effect and,
End Notes

looking at a face,
In Action
,
Map Your Blind Spot

peripheral vision and,
In Action

reading example,
End Notes

basic emotions and,
In Action

hypnagogic state and,
In Action

overview,
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The State of the Art
,
Cons

oxygenated blood and,
See Also

purpose of,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12

visual feedback and,
How It Works

depth cues and,
Depth Matters

on details,
Attention: Hacks 34–43

grabbing attention,
How It Works
,
In Action

negative priming and,
How It Works

random drift in,
Understand the Rotating Snakes Illusion

voluntary,
Attention: Hacks 34–43

color vision and,
In Action

constant sampling,
To See, Act

mapping and,
Cerebral Lobes

proportion of,
Behind the Eyes

rods and,
In Action

signals and,
Understand Visual Processing

visual resolution and,
See the Limits of Your Vision

harmonics and,
End Notes

localizing noise and,
In Real Life

MRIs and,
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The State of the Art

overestimating and,
Think About Frequencies Rather than Probabilities

probability statistics and,
How It Works
,
In Real Life

sound and,
How It Works
,
End Notes

action-relevant objects and,
In Action

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

carotid arteries and,
How It Works

memory and,
In Real Life

overview,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

verbal fluency tasks and,
In Action

emotional information and,
Tale 2

perceiving,
How It Works
,
End Notes
,
See a Person in Moving Lights
,
In Action

social dynamics and,
Mimicry

left hemisphere and,
How It Works

phrases and,
End Notes

sentences and,
Speech Is Broadband Input to Your Head
,
How It Works

overview,
Grasp the Gestalt

seeing people,
See a Person in Moving Lights