Mind Hacks™: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain (52 page)

agency in,
End Notes

animacy of,
End Notes

attention and,
In Action

common fate,
To Be Noticed, Synchronize in Time

endowment effect,
In Real Life

grouping,
Grasp the Gestalt
,
See a Person in Moving Lights

known size and,
In real life

looming,
How It Works

mental imagery of,
In Real Life

motion and,
Objects Move, Lighting Shouldn’t

multiple object tracking,
Feel the Presence and Loss of Attention

occlusion-based cues and,
Depth Matters

perspective-based cues and,
See Also

proximity and intensity,
Depth Matters

recognizing,
Enter the Visual Cortex

subitizing,
In Action

synchronizing in time,
How It Works

triggering movement,
How It Works

carotid arteries and,
How It Works

fusiform gyrus,
How It Works

overview,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

visual processing and,
In Action

depth cues and,
Depth Matters

object tracking and,
Feel the Presence and Loss of Attention
,
How It Works

function of,
How It Works

multisensory integration and,
How It Works

posterior,
How It Works
,
End Notes

touch information and,
In Action

autotopagnosia,
In Action

body image and,
In Action

carotid arteries and,
How It Works

overview,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

somatosensory cortex and,
How It Works

tempero-parietal junction,
How It Works

verbal fluency tasks and,
In Action

Wernicke’s area and,
Neuropsychology, the 10% Myth, and Why You Use All of Your Brain

cause and effect,
How It Works

change blindness and,
How It Works

closure and,
How It Works

distinguishing,
Attention: Hacks 34–43
,
How It Works

expectations and,
Other People: Hacks 93–100

hemisphere functions,
How It Works

inhibition of return and,
Don’t Look Back!

marginal sounds and,
Detect Sounds on the Margins of Certainty

VSTM and,
How It Works

causation illusion,
Make Events Understandable as Cause and Effect

Pulfrich Effect and,
In Real Life

self-caused action and,
See Also
,
In Action

mimicry and,
Monkey See, Monkey Do

seeing in light,
See a Person in Moving Lights
,
How It Works

signaling emotion,
End Notes

Simon Effect and,
End Notes

spreading moods,
End Notes

stimulus-response and,
How It Works

unifying emotions of,
Mimicry

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

(see also subliminal perception)

action and,
See Also
,
End Notes

adaptation and,
How It Works

attention and,
Attention: Hacks 34–43
,
In Action
,
How It Works
,
End Notes
,
How It Works

categorical,
How It Works

of causation,
Make Events Understandable as Cause and Effect

defined,
How It Works

of events,
How It Works

expectation influencing,
How It Works

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

grouping principles and,
Grasp the Gestalt

light/shadow and,
In Real Life

limitations of,
Bring Stuff to the Front of Your Mind

of location,
See Also

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

mimicry and,
Monkey See, Monkey Do

of movement,
In Action
,
End Notes

primitive contagion and,
Make Yourself Happy

probabilities and,
How It Works

self-perception theory,
Find Out How the Brain Works Without Looking Inside

of time,
How It Works
,
How It Works

tricking,
Trick Half Your Mind

attention and,
How It Works

awareness of,
To See, Act

color and,
See the Limits of Your Vision
,
In Action
,
In Action

fixation and,
In Action

peripheral drift and,
Ouchi illusion

photoreceptors and,
Map Your Blind Spot

resolution of,
See the Limits of Your Vision

atmospheric,
Depth Matters
,
How it works

checker shadow illusion and,
How It Works

depth cues and,
See Also

known size and,
In real life

out-of-body experience and,
End Notes

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

hypnagogic state and,
In Action

purpose of,
Inside the Brain: Hacks 1–12

radioactivity and,
Cons
,
See Also

verbal fluency tasks and,
In Action

Chameleon Effect and,
Monkey See, Monkey Do

subliminal perception and,
End Notes

technical help and,
In Real Life

blind spot and,
In Action

colors and,
See the Limits of Your Vision

defined,
Understand Visual Processing

light and,
Map Your Blind Spot

visual resolution and,
In Action

defined,
End Notes

sentences parsed into,
How It Works

of behavior,
Maintain the Status Quo

cause and effect and,
How It Works

of force,
Force Prediction

forward modeling and,
Three Kinds of Motor Control

object animacy and,
How It Works

of tickles,
Why Can’t You Tickle Yourself?

associated words and,
In Action

concepts,
In Action

defined,
How It Works
,
Remembering: Hacks 81–92

exemplar activation and,
You Are What You Think

mirror neurons and,
How It Works

negative,
How It Works
,
Don’t Look Back!
,
How It Works

neurons and,
In Real Life

overview,
Bring Stuff to the Front of Your Mind

recognizing faces and,
In Action
,
How It Works

remembering and,
How It Works
,
Bring Stuff to the Front of Your Mind

subliminal perception and,
How It Works
,
You Are What You Think

behaviorism and,
Find Out How the Brain Works Without Looking Inside

defined,
How to Use This Book

limitations of perception and,
Bring Stuff to the Front of Your Mind

signaling emotions and,
End Notes

carotid,
See Also
,
How It Works

measuring blood flow via,
See Also

exemplar activation and,
How It Works

inhibition of return and,
Don’t Look Back!

Simon Effect and,
See Also

visuomotor feedback loop,
Think Yourself Strong

memory overrun and,
End Notes

moods and,
End Notes

recommended,
How This Book Is Organized

speed-reading,
To See, Act
,
Avoid Holes in Attention
,
In Action

Stroop Effect,
Confuse Color Identification with Mixed Signals

detecting cheaters,
End Notes

maintaining status quo,
Maintain the Status Quo

numbers and,
Reasoning: Hacks 70–74

probability statistics and,
In Real Life

boosting,
See Also

context and,
End Notes

out-of-body experience and,
End Notes

temporal lobe and,
In Real Life

testing,
In Action

acuity in,
Togetherness: Hacks 75–80

of emotions,
How It Works

of faces,
How It Works
,
See Also
,
In Action

of human form,
In Action

memory and,
How It Works
,
In Action

of objects,
Enter the Visual Cortex

boosting memory,
See Also

caffeine and,
In Real Life

fake familiarity and,
How It Works

false memories and,
End Notes

hypnagogic state,
End Notes

imagination and,
How It Works

learning and,
End Notes

method of loci and,
Three Kinds of Motor Control

out-of-body experiences,
End Notes

priming and,
How It Works
,
Bring Stuff to the Front of Your Mind

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

subliminal perception and,
End Notes

details and,
Attention: Hacks 34–43
,
In Action

of vision,
See the Limits of Your Vision
,
How It Works

(see also fovea)

blood flow to,
How It Works

optic chiasm and,
Understand Visual Processing

overview,
Understand Visual Processing

phosphenes and,
In Action

photoreceptors and,
Map Your Blind Spot
,
In Action

Pulfrich Effect and,
In Action

saccadic suppression and,
In Action

visual cortex and,
Cerebral Lobes

visual resolution and,
See the Limits of Your Vision

corpus callosum and,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

description,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

hearing and,
Tour the Cortex and the Four Lobes

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

paranormal beliefs and,
How It Works

random patterns and,
How It Works

speech and,
In Action

touch and vision,
How It Works