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The organized mind : thinking straight in the age of information overload
Title:
The organized mind : thinking straight in the age of information overload
Author:
Levitin, Daniel J.
ISBN:
9780241965788
Publication Information:
London : Penguin Books, 2015.
Physical Description:
xxii, 496 p. ; 20 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Abstract:
Author and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin tackles the problems of twenty-first century information overload in his New York Times bestselling book -- The World in Six Songs (Dutton, 2008) which hit the bestseller lists in its first week of release. Currently he is a James McGill Professor of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Music at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Subject:
Distraction (Psychology)
Thought and thinking -- Psychological aspects.
Time management.
Attention.
Information society -- Social aspects.
Summary:
Author and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin tackles the problems of twenty-first century information overload in his New York Times bestselling book -- The World in Six Songs (Dutton, 2008) which hit the bestseller lists in its first week of release. Currently he is a James McGill Professor of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Music at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.