Jul 29, 2014
In this interview with Claudia Cragg for KGNU Denver/Boulder,
Daniel Levitin explains how the
information age is now drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of
data. At the same time, we’re 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 Musicshowed
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.