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Mind Performance Hacks
by Ron Hale-Evans
Description: Mind Performance Hacks by Ron Hale-Evans offers practical strategies and techniques to improve cognitive abilities and enhance mental efficiency. The book provides tactical and strategic methods for boosting brain function
ISBN: 9780596101534
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illuminant · 2024-05-28 · Original thread
O'Reilly has that Mind Performance Hacks book [1], and apparently a second similar title I haven't read [2]

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mind-performance-hacks/...

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mind-hacks/0596007795/

The first covers techniques you seem to be curious about, and more.

ispolin · 2011-10-16 · Original thread
Try this book: "59 seconds" - http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/59-seconds-think-a-littl... It presents practical advice based on research papers in the field.

A good book on brain hacks like the aforementioned spaced repetition is "Mind Performance Hacks": http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Performance-Hacks-Tools-Overclock...

And another good read is "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning": http://pragprog.com/book/ahptl/pragmatic-thinking-and-learni...

You can also try this site: http://lesswrong.com This is a good section to start from: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/The_Science_of_Winning_at_Lif... Be warned, though. The writing on this site is heavily influenced by AI research so it tends to be somewhat... Vulcan, which can can be good or bad depending on your preferences.

gtani · 2011-05-31 · Original thread
Music for airports was recommended in one of the Oreilly Mind Hacks books (which i don't hvae in front of me)

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596007799/

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596101534/

dpapathanasiou · 2011-01-07 · Original thread
A great read for this is "Avoid Cognitive Distortions (Hack 58)" in O'Reilly's "Mind Performance Hacks" book: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596101534/

There's too much to quote here, but the basic premise is:

Learn to avoid 15 mental mistakes that distort your emotions and further distort your thinking

gtani · 2010-10-21 · Original thread
Hmm, I'll have to dig out the Oreilly Brain Hacks, see what was there

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596101534/

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596007799/