Now you see it
Subtitle: how technology and brain science will transform schools and business for the 21st century
By: Cathy N. Davidson
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780143121268
Subjects: Distraction (Psychology); Neurosciences; Attention
Description: "Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience, psychology, and management, as well as interviews with visionary business and educational leaders, ... [the author] explodes the myth that multitasking is bad for us and offers a reassuringly optimistic view of our ability to thrive in ways that build on what we know now about how our brains engage with the world"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Viking Penguin, 2011.  With subtitle: How the brain science of attention will transform the way we live, work, and learn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: I'll count: you take care of the gorilla -- -- Pt. 1.; title: Distraction and difference: the keys to attention and the changing brain --; title: Learning from the distraction experts --; title: Learning ourselves -- -- Pt. 2.; title: The kids are all right.; title: Project classroom makeover --; title: How we measure --; title: The epic win -- -- Pt. 3.; title: Work in the future. --; title: The changing workplace --; title: The changing worker -- -- Pt. 4.; title: The brain you change yourself --; title: You, too, can program your VCR (and probably should) -- -- Conclusion:; title: Now you see it -- -- Appendix.; title: Twenty-first-century literacies: a checklist.