Lorenza S. Colzato

Theory-Driven Approaches to Cognitive Enhancement (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Contributes to a fundamental understanding and allover view of the external means of increasing cognitive abilities

Provides the most up-to-date research on the rapidly expanding field of cognitive enhancement

Takes an interdisciplinary approach that will appeal to both students and practitioners of psychology, neuroscience, and sports and exercise science

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 337
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319575056
• Artikelnr.: 53035274

Autorenporträt

Lorenza Colzato, Ph.D., is Professor by Special Appointment of Cognitive Enhancement at Ruhr University Bochum (Germany). She is also Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Sports and Sport Science at University of Kassel (Germany) and at the Institute of Psychological Research at Leiden University (The Netherlands). Dr. Colzato is a recipient of two Innovational Research Incentives Scheme grants (VENI; VIDI) from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. These grants are awarded only to "outstanding individuals of exceptional talent and originality who have a great enthusiasm for the conduct of challenging, groundbreaking research." Dr. Colzato is the founding editor and current Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, which publishes articles on enhancement of human perception, attention, memory, cognitive control and action. She published over 150 articles in international peer-reviewed Journals. Her research has been featured by theTIME and in the Huffington Post US.

Dr. Colzato's current research activities focus on interventions (e.g., brain stimulation, meditation, physical exercise, life style, or food supplements) aimed at enhancing performance in healthy individuals.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Basic Concepts .- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part II: Nootropics: Neuroenhancers .- Chapter 2. Nutraceuticals: Food for Thought?.- Chapter 3. Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs: (Psycho)Stimulating the Brain.- Part III: Shockingly Electrical: Noninvasive Brain Stimulation .- Chapter 4. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation.- Chapter 5. Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation.- Part IV: Neural Entrainment: Synchronous Electrical Activity .- Chapter 6. Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation.- Chapter 7. Neurofeedback.- Chapter 8. Binaural Beats.- Part V: Two is Better Than One: Multi-Domain Trainings .- Chapter 9. Video-Game.- Chapter 10. Musical Training.- Chapter 11. Physical Training.- Chapter 12. Meditation.- Part VI: Cognitive Enhancement in Applied Contexts .- Chapter 13. An "Hybrid" Approach to Education.- Chapter 14. Musical Rehabilitation.- Chapter 15. The Case of Air Traffic Control Training.- Chapter 16. The Case of the Dutch Proeftuin.- Part VII: Outlook .- Chapter 17. The Future of Cognitive Enhancement.