The Organized Mind, 9780241965788
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Declutter your mind: Neuroscience reveals how to organize for success.

The Organized Mind

the science of preventing overload, increasing productivity and restoring your focus

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  • Paperback

    528 pages

  • Release Date

    25 August 2015

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Summary

Tame the Chaos: An Organized Mind for a Digital World

Acclaimed neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin tells us how to organize our lives and cope with the demands of the modern age. Modern society is in a state of information overload. Neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin investigates how and why our brains are struggling to keep up with the demands of the digital age.

Why is email so addictive? Is multitasking really possible? And what do successful people keep in their junk drawer?…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241965788
ISBN-10:0241965780
Author:Daniel Levitin
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:528
Release Date:25 August 2015
Weight:365g
Dimensions:197mm x 128mm x 23mm
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Critics Review

Dan Levitin has more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know. The Organized Mind is smart, important, and as always, exquisitely written.

Thought-provoking and practical… Good advice based on sound neuroscientific principles * Sunday Times *

Sensible, practical advice … a comprehensive account of the way we think about organizing everything from our possessions to our friends

* Financial Times *[An] impressively wide-ranging and thoughtful work…The Organized Mind is an organized book, but it also rewards dipping in at any point, for there are fascinating facts and examples throughout * Wall Street Journal *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, author of ‘Stumbling on Happiness’ *Deservedly a bestseller… Levitin demonstrates how easily we are bamboozled by statistical tricks in medicine, finance and safety, making his points with pithy stories * Independent *From how not to lose your keys to how to decide when the risks of surgery are worth it, Levitin focuses on smart ways to process the constant flow of information the brain must deal with * Washington Post *A deep perspective on the ways the human mind works * Stanley Prusiner, M.D. Nobel Laureate, director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California, San Francisco *Levitin is about as knowledgeable a guide to neuroscience as one might hope for * New York Times Book Review *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, author of ‘Stumbling on Happiness’The Organized Mind is the perfect antidote to the effects of information overload. Loved it. – Scott Turow, New York Times bestselling author of ‘Identical’ and ‘Innocent’

About The Author

Daniel Levitin

Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, is a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and bestselling author. He trained at Stanford University Medical School, The University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Oregon. He is founding dean of Arts and Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the author of This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, and A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics. He divides his time between Montreal and California.

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