Read Mind Hacks™: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain Online
Authors: Tom Stafford,Matt Webb
Tags: #COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction
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CreditsAbout the AuthorsContributorsAcknowledgmentsTomMatt
About the Authors
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AcknowledgmentsTomMatt
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PrefaceWhy Mind Hacks?How to Use This BookRecommended ReadingHow This Book Is OrganizedConventions Used in This BookUsing Material from This BookHow to Contact UsGot a Hack?
Why Mind Hacks?
How to Use This BookRecommended Reading
Recommended Reading
How This Book Is Organized
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Material from This Book
How to Contact Us
Got a Hack?
1. Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–121. Find Out How the Brain Works Without Looking InsideEnd Notes2. Electroencephalogram: Getting the Big Picture with EEGsProsCons3. Positron Emission Tomography: Measuring Activity Indirectly with PETProsCons4. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The State of the ArtProsCons5. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Turn On and Off Bits of the BrainProsConsSee Also6. Neuropsychology, the 10% Myth, and Why You Use All of Your BrainEnd Notes7. Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous SystemSee Also8. Tour the Cortex and the Four LobesCerebral LobesCerebral Cortex9. The NeuronEnd NotesSee Also10. Detect the Effect of Cognitive Function on Cerebral Blood FlowIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Notes11. Why People Don’t Work Like Elevator ButtonsIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NoteSee Also12. Build Your Own Sensory HomunculusIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NoteSee Also
1. Find Out How the Brain Works Without Looking InsideEnd Notes
End Notes
2. Electroencephalogram: Getting the Big Picture with EEGsProsCons
Pros
Cons
3. Positron Emission Tomography: Measuring Activity Indirectly with PETProsCons
4. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The State of the ArtProsCons
5. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Turn On and Off Bits of the BrainProsConsSee Also
See Also
6. Neuropsychology, the 10% Myth, and Why You Use All of Your BrainEnd Notes
7. Get Acquainted with the Central Nervous SystemSee Also
8. Tour the Cortex and the Four LobesCerebral LobesCerebral Cortex
Cerebral Lobes
Cerebral Cortex
9. The NeuronEnd NotesSee Also
10. Detect the Effect of Cognitive Function on Cerebral Blood FlowIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Notes
In Action
How It Works
11. Why People Don’t Work Like Elevator ButtonsIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NoteSee Also
End Note
12. Build Your Own Sensory HomunculusIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NoteSee Also
2. Seeing: Hacks 13–3313. Understand Visual ProcessingStart at the RetinaBehind the EyesEnter the Visual Cortex“What” and “Where” Processing StreamsProcessing with Built-in Assumptions14. See the Limits of Your VisionIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NotesSee Also15. To See, ActIn ActionEnd NotesSee Also16. Map Your Blind SpotIn ActionHow It WorksHacking the HackEnd NoteSee Also17. Glimpse the Gaps in Your VisionIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NoteSee Also18. When Time Stands StillIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Notes19. Release Eye Fixations for Faster ReactionsIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeSee Also20. Fool Yourself into Seeing 3DIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Notes21. Objects Move, Lighting Shouldn’tIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NoteSee Also22. Depth MattersObject IntensityIn actionHow it worksIn real lifeKnown SizeIn actionHow it worksIn real lifeEnd NotesSee Also23. See How Brightness Differs from Luminance: The Checker Shadow IllusionIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NoteSee Also24. Create Illusionary Depth with SunglassesIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NoteSee Also25. See Movement When All Is StillIn ActionHow It WorksHacking the HackSee Also26. Get AdjustedIn ActionWhy It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NotesSee Also27. Show Motion Without Anything MovingIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeHacking The HackEnd NotesSee Also28. Motion Extrapolation: The “Flash-Lag Effect”In ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NotesSee Also29. Turn Gliding Blocks into Stepping FeetIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NotesSee Also30. Understand the Rotating Snakes IllusionIn ActionThe autokinetic effectOuchi illusionPeripheral driftHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Notes31. Minimize Imaginary DistancesIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Notes32. Explore Your Defense HardwareIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Notes33. Neural Noise Isn’t a Bug; It’s a FeatureIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NoteSee Also
13. Understand Visual ProcessingStart at the RetinaBehind the EyesEnter the Visual Cortex“What” and “Where” Processing StreamsProcessing with Built-in Assumptions
Start at the Retina
Behind the Eyes
Enter the Visual Cortex
“What” and “Where” Processing Streams
Processing with Built-in Assumptions
14. See the Limits of Your VisionIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NotesSee Also
15. To See, ActIn ActionEnd NotesSee Also
16. Map Your Blind SpotIn ActionHow It WorksHacking the HackEnd NoteSee Also
Hacking the Hack
17. Glimpse the Gaps in Your VisionIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NoteSee Also
18. When Time Stands StillIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Notes
19. Release Eye Fixations for Faster ReactionsIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeSee Also
In Real Life
20. Fool Yourself into Seeing 3DIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Notes
21. Objects Move, Lighting Shouldn’tIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NoteSee Also
22. Depth MattersObject IntensityIn actionHow it worksIn real lifeKnown SizeIn actionHow it worksIn real lifeEnd NotesSee Also
Object IntensityIn actionHow it worksIn real life
In action
How it works
In real life
Known SizeIn actionHow it worksIn real life
23. See How Brightness Differs from Luminance: The Checker Shadow IllusionIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NoteSee Also
24. Create Illusionary Depth with SunglassesIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NoteSee Also
25. See Movement When All Is StillIn ActionHow It WorksHacking the HackSee Also
26. Get AdjustedIn ActionWhy It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NotesSee Also
Why It Works
27. Show Motion Without Anything MovingIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeHacking The HackEnd NotesSee Also
Hacking The Hack
28. Motion Extrapolation: The “Flash-Lag Effect”In ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NotesSee Also
29. Turn Gliding Blocks into Stepping FeetIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NotesSee Also
30. Understand the Rotating Snakes IllusionIn ActionThe autokinetic effectOuchi illusionPeripheral driftHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Notes
In ActionThe autokinetic effectOuchi illusionPeripheral drift
The autokinetic effect
Ouchi illusion
Peripheral drift
31. Minimize Imaginary DistancesIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Notes
32. Explore Your Defense HardwareIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Notes
33. Neural Noise Isn’t a Bug; It’s a FeatureIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NoteSee Also
3. Attention: Hacks 34–43End Note34. Detail and the Limits of AttentionIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Note35. Count Faster with SubitizingIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Notes36. Feel the Presence and Loss of AttentionIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Note37. Grab AttentionIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NotesSee Also38. Don’t Look Back!In ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Notes39. Avoid Holes in AttentionIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NoteSee Also40. Blind to ChangeIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NotesSee Also41. Make Things Invisible Simply by Concentrating (on Something Else)In ActionHow It WorksEnd Notes42. The Brain Punishes Features that Cry WolfIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NotesSee Also43. Improve Visual Attention Through Video GamesShortening the Attentional BlinkRaising the Cap on SubitizingHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Notes
34. Detail and the Limits of AttentionIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Note
35. Count Faster with SubitizingIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Notes
36. Feel the Presence and Loss of AttentionIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Note
37. Grab AttentionIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NotesSee Also
38. Don’t Look Back!In ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Notes
39. Avoid Holes in AttentionIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NoteSee Also
40. Blind to ChangeIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NotesSee Also
41. Make Things Invisible Simply by Concentrating (on Something Else)In ActionHow It WorksEnd Notes
42. The Brain Punishes Features that Cry WolfIn ActionHow It WorksEnd NotesSee Also
43. Improve Visual Attention Through Video GamesShortening the Attentional BlinkRaising the Cap on SubitizingHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd Notes
Shortening the Attentional Blink
Raising the Cap on Subitizing
4. Hearing and Language: Hacks 44–5244. Detect Timing with Your EarsIn ActionHow It Works45. Detect Sound DirectionIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NotesSee Also46. Discover PitchIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Notes47. Keep Your BalanceIn ActionHow It Works48. Detect Sounds on the Margins of CertaintyIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Notes49. Speech Is Broadband Input to Your HeadIn ActionHow It WorksSee Also50. Give Big-Sounding Words to Big ConceptsIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NotesSee Also51. Stop Memory-Buffer Overrun While ReadingIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeSee Also52. Robust Processing Using ParallelismIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Note
44. Detect Timing with Your EarsIn ActionHow It Works
45. Detect Sound DirectionIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NotesSee Also
46. Discover PitchIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Notes
47. Keep Your BalanceIn ActionHow It Works
48. Detect Sounds on the Margins of CertaintyIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Notes
49. Speech Is Broadband Input to Your HeadIn ActionHow It WorksSee Also
50. Give Big-Sounding Words to Big ConceptsIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeEnd NotesSee Also
51. Stop Memory-Buffer Overrun While ReadingIn ActionHow It WorksIn Real LifeSee Also
52. Robust Processing Using ParallelismIn ActionHow It WorksEnd Note