Daniel Levitin - "The Organized Mind"
Warwick's, Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 7:30pm
Warwick's is hosting award-winning neuroscientist Daniel Levitin on Wednesday, October 15th at 7:30pm to present his entertaining and informative new book, The organized mind. Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, is the James McGill Professor of neuroscience and behavioral neuroscience at McGill University, and dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI. He is the author of two New York Times bestselling books, This is Your Brain on Music and The World in Six Songs. Reserved Seating is available. Only books purchased from Warwick's will be signed. Please call the Warwick's Book Dept. (858) 454-0347 for details. BREAKING NEWS: The organized mind debuts at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list! Award-winning neuroscientist Daniel Levitin won the praise of scientists, critics, and readers alike when his smash success, This is Your Brain on Music, was published in 2006. His breakout book was a fascinating blend of the latest in neuroscience research and pop culture, showing readers how to better play and appreciate music through an understanding of how the brain works. Levitin helped make “the brain book” a bestselling category—which it still is today.
This summer, Levitin is moving in a new and exciting direction with The organized mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload. As our lives become swamped with endless amounts of information from the internet, our emails, and our smartphones, understanding the way our brains organize information is more important than ever before. Our brains evolved to take on the challenges of life in the Stone Age, and haven’t caught up to handling today’s avalanche of input. With the detailed research and witty style that readers loved in his previous bestsellers, Levitin provides a captivating look at the new ways to train your brain amid an influx of information in our modern world.
Attention is the most essential mental resource for any organism. In the first part of The organized mind, Levitin explains how our brain’s attentional system works: it determines which aspects of the environment we will deal with, and what gets passed through to our conscious awareness. The attentional awareness system is the reason you can safely drive or walk to work without noticing most of the buildings you pass by, unless there’s a reason to—say, if one of the buildings is on fire. Additionally, Levitin reveals that the phrase “paying attention” is scientifically true. Multitasking comes at an actual metabolic cost: switching back and forth between tasks burns a lot more oxygenated glucose (the fuel the brain runs on) than focusing on one task does, and can lead quickly to mental exhaustion.
The second and third parts of The organized mind show how we can all use our attentional and memory systems for better organization, from the classroom to the boardroom, from our home lives to the interactions we have with friends, doctors, and business associates. Entertaining and informative, The organized mind is an indispensable guide that will help us all to keep better track of our lives, and to be efficient, productive, happy, and less stressed in a wired world that is increasingly filled with distractions.
Location: Street: 7812 Girard Ave City: La Jolla, Province: California Postal Code: 92037 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
This summer, Levitin is moving in a new and exciting direction with The organized mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload. As our lives become swamped with endless amounts of information from the internet, our emails, and our smartphones, understanding the way our brains organize information is more important than ever before. Our brains evolved to take on the challenges of life in the Stone Age, and haven’t caught up to handling today’s avalanche of input. With the detailed research and witty style that readers loved in his previous bestsellers, Levitin provides a captivating look at the new ways to train your brain amid an influx of information in our modern world.
Attention is the most essential mental resource for any organism. In the first part of The organized mind, Levitin explains how our brain’s attentional system works: it determines which aspects of the environment we will deal with, and what gets passed through to our conscious awareness. The attentional awareness system is the reason you can safely drive or walk to work without noticing most of the buildings you pass by, unless there’s a reason to—say, if one of the buildings is on fire. Additionally, Levitin reveals that the phrase “paying attention” is scientifically true. Multitasking comes at an actual metabolic cost: switching back and forth between tasks burns a lot more oxygenated glucose (the fuel the brain runs on) than focusing on one task does, and can lead quickly to mental exhaustion.
The second and third parts of The organized mind show how we can all use our attentional and memory systems for better organization, from the classroom to the boardroom, from our home lives to the interactions we have with friends, doctors, and business associates. Entertaining and informative, The organized mind is an indispensable guide that will help us all to keep better track of our lives, and to be efficient, productive, happy, and less stressed in a wired world that is increasingly filled with distractions.
Location: Street: 7812 Girard Ave City: La Jolla, Province: California Postal Code: 92037 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
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