The organized mind : thinking straight in the age of information overload / Daniel J. Levitin.

By: Levitin, Daniel J [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Dutton, [2014]Description: xxvi, 496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 052595418X (hardcover)Subject(s): Distraction (Psychology) | Attention | Time management | OrderlinessLOC classification: BF323.D5 L49 2014
Contents:
Information and conscientious organization -- Too much information, too many decisions : the inside history of cognitive overload -- The first things to get straight : how attention and memory work -- Organizing our homes : where things can start to get better -- Organizing our social world : how humans connect now -- Organizing our time : what is the mystery? -- Organizing information for the hardest decisions : when life is on the line -- Organizing the business world : how we create value -- What to teach our children : the future of the organized mind -- Everything else : the power of the junk drawer -- Appendix : Constructing your own fourfold tables.
Summary: Daniel J. Levitin, Ph.D., uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how people with "organized" minds excel--and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and lives.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-481) and index.

Information and conscientious organization -- Too much information, too many decisions : the inside history of cognitive overload -- The first things to get straight : how attention and memory work -- Organizing our homes : where things can start to get better -- Organizing our social world : how humans connect now -- Organizing our time : what is the mystery? -- Organizing information for the hardest decisions : when life is on the line -- Organizing the business world : how we create value -- What to teach our children : the future of the organized mind -- Everything else : the power of the junk drawer -- Appendix : Constructing your own fourfold tables.

Daniel J. Levitin, Ph.D., uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how people with "organized" minds excel--and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and lives.

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