ThinkGeek Mind Hacks
Tips and Tricks for Using Your Brain The brain is a fearsomely complex information-processing environment--one that often eludes our ability to understand it. At any given time, the brain is collecting, filtering, and analyzing information ...and, in response, performing countless intricate processes, some of which are automatic, some voluntary, some conscious, and some unconscious. And, it's squishy. Mind Hacks is a collection of probes into the moment-by-moment works of the brain. Using cognitive neuroscience, these experiments, tricks, and tips related to vision, motor skills, attention (we at ThinkGeek have very good attention spa?ooh, a butterfly), cognition, subliminal perception, and more throw light on how the human brain works. Each hack examines specific operations of the brain. By seeing how the brain responds, we pick up clues about the architecture and design of the brain, learning a little bit more about how the brain is put together. Among the 100 hacks in this book, you'll find: Release Eye Fixations for Faster Reactions See Movement When All is Still Feel the Presence and Loss of Attention Detect Sounds on the Margins of Certainty Mold Your Body Schema Test Your Handedness See a Person in Moving Lights Make Events Understandable as Cause-and-Effect Boost Memory by Using Context Understand Detail and the Limits of Attention Read More
The Holy Grail - Part II The last time you saw the Killer Rabbit, it was blown to bits by the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. But that was just the beginning of the poor Rabbit's saga. You see, Tim the Encha... Read More
The Bazinga Saturation Hypothesis Here at ThinkGeek World Domination HQ, we are huge fans of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory. We would like to posit a hypothesis we have developed re: its popularity: the number of viewers is directly proport... Read More
iDucky, you?re the one! The heck with the rubber ducky. Throw him right out with the baby and the bathwater. Wait, not the baby. Just the bathwater and the rubber ducky. Now it should just be you and the iDuck, which is the ultimate parenti... Read More
Straight from the Jedi Temple! Every course of study has a text book, and finally we can read the text students at the Jedi Temple have been reading for over a thousand generations. It's been revised over and over by the Jedi Masters, annot... Read More
You're in a meeting. You need to escape. You need your freedom! Sadly, escaping a meeting isn't the same as getting away from Zombies and Creepers. You can't just tunnel your way out... Or maybe you could if you just had the Minecraft Foam ... Read More
A is for Always, that's where we embark... Two children, treasure map in hand, and their pet gazelle sneak past their father, out of their house, and into a world beneath the city, where monsters and pirates roam. Will they find the treasur... Read More
Slurpees at home! Everything is better with the internet. We can work from home, shop from home, put in orders to our favorite pizza place without talking to a human being on the telephone (from home), but until now, making a Slurpee at hom... Read More
My First DandD Dice Every DandD player parent dreams of the day when their youngsters pick up their glittering polyhedrals for the first time. Sometimes, however, those dreams are nightmares as those little dice are certainly choking hazard... Read More
It's out of this world We sure bet that when Evie Ethel Garland found out that she was a half-alien teenager that she wanted to jump onto a UFO and fly to Antareus to meet her father Troy. She might have been able to freeze and unfreeze tim... Read More
Happy 50th, Doctor! Rolling dice is fun. So is poker. That's why everyone loves Yahtzee - it combines the best of both worlds. Well, let's all travel through timey-wimey stuff and gaze upon this new version, just in time for Doctor Who's 50... Read More
All Sizes Void Warranties Kids are born with this ability and drive. They take things apart to figure out how they work. They immediately stick fingers in any holes they can reach to see what happens. They feed the DVD player oatmeal in cas... Read More
Don't play with your food - fight with it! The ninja: a secret agent trained in fighting, espionage, concealment, and food fighting. It's only fitting, then, that we honor our ninja ancestors with an eating implement worthy of their skills.... Read More
Paper targets only get you so far When the zombie apocalypse comes, and you know it's coming, preparation can mean the difference between life, and unlife. One minute, you're a survivor, eeking out a meager existence on canned food, rainwat... Read More
Safe, comfortable headphones for bedtime Sometimes, it feels as though the universe is conspiring against us when it comes to getting quality shut-eye. Know what we mean? You finally get snuggled up in your bed, ready to crash, when the bab... Read More
Game's over, man! Let the fun begin! "Yes, Newt. Mommy was wrong. There really are monsters, and here's one you can cuddle up with!" Straight from your friends at Better Worlds Toys(TM), a division of the Weyland-Yutani corporation, comes t... Read More
To buy me, you want Now you don't have to go to Dagobah to seek guidance from the wise Jedi Master Yoda. Looking much plusher than his 900 years, this Talking Yoda Plush can shower his wisdom on you while you cuddle up in bed. Sure to pleas... Read More
Chase after Shredder and get the map back! Kick up the turtle-powered action to take on Shredder! When Shredder speeds by on his Dragon Bike with dual flame exhausts and real rubber tires, Donatello spots a map to the Turtles' lair in his c... Read More
Slurpees at home! Everything is better with the internet. We can work from home, shop from home, put in orders to our favorite pizza place without talking to a human being on the telephone (from home), but until now, making a Slurpee at hom... Read More
It's out of this world We sure bet that when Evie Ethel Garland found out that she was a half-alien teenager that she wanted to jump onto a UFO and fly to Antareus to meet her father Troy. She might have been able to freeze and unfreeze tim... Read More
Rule the prehistoric world with the ferocious 3-in-1 T-Rex! Run for it! The mighty T-Rex is on the loose! Rule the prehistoric world with his opening mouth full of teeth, powerful moving legs and a long tail! Rebuild it into a flying pterod... Read More
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