Mind Hacks™: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain (51 page)

detecting timing by,
Hearing and Language: Hacks 44–52

with eyes,
How It Works

mapping,
Cerebral Lobes

midbrain and,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System

role of,
Hearing and Language: Hacks 44–52

temporal lobe and,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

timing and,
Integrating: Hacks 53–61

(see also left hemisphere; right hemisphere)

asymmetry in,
How It Works
,
End Notes

corpus callosum and,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

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

defined,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

lateral geniculate nucleus and,
Understand Visual Processing

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

paranormal beliefs and,
How It Works

emotional system and,
Tale 2

glucocorticoid and,
How It Works

limbic system and,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System

memory storage and,
In Action

PSTD and,
How It Works

purpose of,
How It Works

temporal lobe and,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

activating,
Bring Stuff to the Front of Your Mind

change blindness and,
End Note

detecting sounds and,
Detect Sounds on the Margins of Certainty

hypnagogic state and,
End Notes

mental space,
In Real Life

out-of-body experiences,
End Notes

perceived events,
How It Works

PSTD and,
How It Works

strength training and,
How It Works

attention across locations,
End Notes

color identification,
Confuse Color Identification with Mixed Signals

combining modalities,
End Notes

cortex and,
Cerebral Cortex

feeling more,
How It Works

location responses,
See Also

McGurk Effect,
How It Works

sound and vision,
Integrating: Hacks 53–61

talking to self and,
How It Works

thrown voices,
Pay Attention to Thrown Voices

brain processing,
Speech Is Broadband Input to Your Head

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

ease of relearning,
In Action

frontal lobe and,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

hemispheres and,
How It Works

as mental process,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12

overview,
How It Works

phonemes and,
How It Works

phrases and,
End Notes

as recombinant,
In Action

right hemisphere and,
How It Works

simultaneous processing and,
Robust Processing Using Parallelism

talking to self and,
How It Works

temporal lobe and,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

thought and,
How It Works

Wada test and,
In Action

amygdala and,
Tale 2

associative form of,
How It Works

conditioning and,
How It Works

gaze and,
How It Works

glucocorticoid and,
How It Works

hippocampus and,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System

interleaved,
End Notes

variability in people and,
Find Out How the Brain Works Without Looking Inside

corpus callosum and,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

description,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

handedness and,
How It Works

language and,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes
,
In Action

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

random patterns,
How It Works

touch and vision,
How It Works

(see also brightness)

atmospheric perspective and,
How it works

biased information,
Audition dominates for timing

binding problem,
How It Works

changes in,
How It Works

checker shadow illusion,
In real life

cones and,
In Action

flash-lag effect,
Motion Extrapolation: The “Flash-Lag Effect”

fovea and,
In Action

grabbing attention with,
How It Works

motion and,
Objects Move, Lighting Shouldn’t

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

phi phenomenon,
How It Works

photoreceptors and,
Understand Visual Processing
,
See the Limits of Your Vision

Pieron’s Law,
Why People Don’t Work Like Elevator Buttons
,
How It Works

processing speed for,
How It Works

retina and,
Understand Visual Processing
,
See the Limits of Your Vision
,
In Action

rods and,
In Action

seeing people and,
See a Person in Moving Lights
,
How It Works

shadows and,
Fool Yourself into Seeing 3D
,
How It Works

amygdala and,
In Action

defined,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System

emotions and,
How It Works

hippocampus and,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

parahippocampal gyrus,
In Real Life

posterior orbitofrontal cortex,
End Notes

attention across,
End Notes

direction and,
In Action

importance of information,
How It Works

inhibition of return and,
How It Works

method of loci and,
Navigate Your Way Through Memory

motion aftereffect and,
See Also

negative priming for,
In Action

perception of,
See Also

responses and,
See Also

thrown voices and,
Pay Attention to Thrown Voices

vision and,
How It Works
,
Integrating: Hacks 53–61

coarse information and,
Enter the Visual Cortex

LGN and,
Behind the Eyes

motion information and,
End Notes
,
How It Works

units of,
Speech Is Broadband Input to Your Head

words and,
In Action

biological motion and,
How It Works

boosting,
See Also

confabulations and,
In Real Life

consciousness and,
End Notes

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

creating false,
End Notes

dopamine and,
Make the Caffeine Habit Taste Good

emotions and,
In Real Life

eyewitness,
In Real Life

fake familiarity and,
How It Works

habituation of,
Get Adjusted

hippocampus and,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System

item completion test,
Keep Your Sources Straight (if You Can)

learning and,
End Notes

as mental process,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12

method of loci and,
Three Kinds of Motor Control

reading and,
End Notes

sources for,
Keep Your Sources Straight (if You Can)

temporal lobe and,
In Real Life

visual short-term,
How It Works

defined,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System

Jeffress Model and,
In Action

looming objects and,
How It Works

superior colliculus and,
Understand Visual Processing

exemplar activation and,
You Are What You Think

expressions and,
In Action
,
Make Yourself Happy
,
Mimicry

mannerisms and,
You Are What You Think

overview,
Monkey See, Monkey Do

(see also remembering)

parasitizing,
How It Works

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

reading,
How It Works

tricking half of,
End Notes

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

right hemisphere and,
How It Works

spreading,
End Notes

testing,
Make Yourself Happy

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

musicians and,
How It Works

somatosensory cortex and,
How It Works
,
In Action

speech and,
How It Works

(see also saccades)

adaptation to,
Why It Works

allocating attention to,
Feel the Presence and Loss of Attention
,
How It Works

body image and,
End Notes

broken escalator and,
Moving: Hacks 62–69

Cheshire Cat experiment,
How It Works

common fate and,
To Be Noticed, Synchronize in Time

depth cues and,
Depth Matters

dopamine and,
Make the Caffeine Habit Taste Good

eye tracking devices,
To See, Act

fixational,
Understand the Rotating Snakes Illusion
,
Ouchi illusion

flash-lag effect,
Motion Extrapolation: The “Flash-Lag Effect”

forward model,
Why Can’t You Tickle Yourself?

ideomotor effect and,
In Action

mirror neurons and,
In Action

motion aftereffect,
See Also
,
See Also
,
How It Works

motion sickness and,
In Action

motor control,
How It Works
,
In Action

neurons and,
How It Works

object animacy,
End Notes

objects triggering,
How It Works

perception of,
In Action
,
End Notes

Pulfrich Effect and,
In Real Life

rotating snakes illusion,
How It Works

seeing people with,
See a Person in Moving Lights

sensations and,
In Real Life

shadows/light and,
Objects Move, Lighting Shouldn’t

signals and,
In Action

stopped clock illusion,
How It Works

vestibular system and,
End Notes

visual resolution and,
See the Limits of Your Vision
,
How It Works

of wheels,
How It Works

contextual interference effect and,
How It Works

strength training and,
How It Works

tweaking facial,
Make Yourself Happy

corpus callosum and,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

optic,
Understand Visual Processing

photoreceptors and,
Map Your Blind Spot

signals and,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System

spinal cord and,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System

mental rotation and,
How It Works

on analyzing faces,
End Notes

purpose of,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12

tickling machine and,
How it works

actions and,
In Action

adaptation and,
Get Adjusted
,
Why It Works

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

auditory timing and,
How It Works

binary nature of,
The Neuron

coincidence-detector,
In Action

decision-making and,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12

defined,
Cerebral Cortex

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

EEG and,
Electroencephalogram: Getting the Big Picture with EEGs

electrical impulses and,
Cons
,
Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous System
,
Cerebral Cortex
,
How It Works

glial cells and,
Neuropsychology, the 10% Myth, and Why You Use All of Your Brain

as gray matter,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

hypercolumns and,
Enter the Visual Cortex

information encoding and,
The Neuron

looming objects and,
How It Works

memory and,
See Also
,
Boost Memory Using Context

mirror,
In Action
,
How It Works

motion aftereffect and,
How It Works

motion and,
How It Works

neurotransmitters and,
Make the Caffeine Habit Taste Good

PET and,
Cons

polysensory,
In Action

prevalence of,
See Also

priming and,
In Real Life

Pulfrich Effect and,
In Action

representational maps and,
How It Works

stimuli and,
Get Adjusted

synchronization of firing,
How It Works

timing information and,
How It Works

visual cortex and,
In Real Life

overview,
Cons

purpose of,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12
,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12

testing executive system,
In Action

binding problem,
How It Works

defined,
How to Use This Book

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

habituation experiment,
Get Adjusted

on hemispheres,
How It Works

signaling emotions and,
End Notes

caffeine and,
In Real Life

defined,
Cerebral Cortex

electrical impulses and,
The Neuron

enzymes and,
The Neuron

localizing,
In Real Life

marginal sounds and,
Detect Sounds on the Margins of Certainty

neural,
Neural Noise Isn’t a Bug; It’s a Feature

variability in people and,
Find Out How the Brain Works Without Looking Inside