The organized mind
Subtitle: thinking straight in the age of information overload
By: Daniel J. Levitin
Edition: [New edition].
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780143189442
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Human information processing; Decision making; Psychological aspects; Distraction (Psychology); Orderliness; Traitement de l'information chez l'homme; Prise de décision; Aspect psychologique; Distraction; Ordre
Description: "The information age is drowning us in an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we're expected to make more -- and faster -- decisions about our lives than ever before. No wonder, then, that the average person reports frequently losing car keys or reading glasses, missing appointments, and feeling worn out by the effort required just to keep up. But somehow some people become quite accomplished at managing information flow. In The Organized Mind, Daniel J. Levitin, Ph.D., uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how those people excel -- and how readers can use these methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and lives." --
Notes: Originally published: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Allen Lane, 2014.

"Published in this edition, 2015"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Information and conscientious organization; title: Part One. Too much information, too many decisions : the inside history of cognitive overload; title: The first things to get straight : how attention and memory work; title: Part Two. Organizing our homes : where things can start to get better; title: Organizing our social world : how humans connect; title: Organizing our time : what is the mystery?; title: Organizing information for the hardest decisions : when life is on the line; title: Organizing the business world : how we create value; title: Part Three. What to teach our children: the future of the organized mind; title: Everything else : the power of the junk drawer; title: Appendix : Constructing your own fourfold table.