Staff Pick
It's easy to get overwhelmed by the deluge of information we encounter from minute to minute — the human brain just isn't wired to process it all. But there's hope. Levitin helps us understand how best to interact with our environment to maximize efficiency... and minimize the chaos! Recommended By Renee P., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.
The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, were expected to make more and faster decisions about our lives than ever before. No wonder, then, that the average American reports frequently losing car keys or reading glasses, missing appointments, and feeling worn out by the effort required just to keep up.
But somehow some people become quite accomplished at managing information flow. In The Organized Mind, Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how those people excel and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and time.
With lively, entertaining chapters on everything from the kitchen junk drawer to health care to executive office workflow, Levitin reveals how new research into the cognitive neuroscience of attention and memory can be applied to the challenges of our daily lives. This Is Your Brain on Music showed how to better play and appreciate music through an understanding of how the brain works. The Organized Mind shows how to navigate the churning flood of information in the twenty-first century with the same neuroscientific perspective.
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"[An] ingenious combination of neuroscience and self-help." Kirkus
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”Using the latest information on the brain and how it works, Levitin presents a series of ideas on how to organize one's life and business. Essential reading for anyone who aspires to be highly effective. Or even find their keys!" David Eidelman, MD, dean of the McGill University Medical School
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“The Organized Mind is for anyone interested in how the human mind organizes, and on occasion disorganizes, the world around us. It is engaging, witty, compelling, and infused with science. Levitin shows how principles from psychology and cognitive neuroscience can help us better organize our daily lives. Move over, Freakonomics, there's a new kid on the bookcase.” Gerry Altmann, professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut, and author of The Ascent of Babel
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“Dan Levitin has more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know. The Organized Mind is smart, important, and as always, exquisitely written.” Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University, author of Stumbling on Happiness
About the Author
Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, is the James McGill Professor of psychology and behavioral neuroscience at McGill University where he also teaches in the graduate school of business and dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI. The author of two New York Times bestselling books, This Is Your Brain on Music and The World in Six Songs, he splits his time between Montreal and Orinda, California.