Demonstrates how easily we are bamboozled by statistical tricks, making his points with pithy stories. This book helps you to learn how we got here and why smart organization improves our memories and attention - and makes us more imaginative and clear-sighted.
Thought-provoking and practical...
Good advice based on sound neuroscientific principles
Sensible, practical advice ... a comprehensive account of the way we think about organizing everything from our possessions to our friends
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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
Dan Levitin has
more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know.
The Organized Mind is
smart, important, and as always, exquisitely writtenDeservedly a bestseller... Levitin demonstrates how easily we are bamboozled by statistical tricks in medicine, finance and safety, making his points with pithy stories
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 withA deep perspective on the ways the human mind worksLevitin is about as
knowledgeable a guide to neuroscience as one might hope for
Dan Levitin has more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know.
The Organized Mind is smart, important, and as always, exquisitely written.
The Organized Mind is the perfect antidote to the effects of information overload. Loved it.
Already deservedly a bestseller...
The Organized Mind is from the school of Daniel Kahneman but it earns its keep. Levitin demonstrates how easily we are bamboozled by statistical tricks in medicine, finance and safety, making his points with pithy stories.
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.