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SUMMARY:The organised mind: thinking straight in the age of information ov
 erload - Daniel J Levitin\, James McGill Professor of Psychology and Behav
 ioural Neuroscience\, McGill University\, Montreal
DTSTART:20150128T180000Z
DTEND:20150128T190000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Dervila Glynn
DESCRIPTION:This is a special Cambridge Neuroscience Guest Lecture\n\nWedn
 esday\, 28 January 2015 (18:00 - 19:15 + drinks). Registration opens at 17
 :30\n\nThis talk is hosted by Cambridge Neuroscience and organised in coll
 aboration with CSaP.\n\nTo register your attendance\, please click http://
 www.csap.cam.ac.uk/events/organised-mind-thinking-straight-Cambridge/signu
 p/\n\nThe information age is drowning us in a deluge of data\, and it is b
 ecoming increasingly difficult to separate facts from pseudo-facts\, objec
 tive from biased sources\, and at the same time\, we’re all being asked 
 to do more at home and at work. Yet some highly successful people are able
  to stay highly efficient and productive.\n\nDaniel Levitin runs the Labor
 atory for Music Cognition\, Perception and Expertise at McGill University 
 in Montreal. He is the author of three books: This Is Your Brain on Music\
 , The World in Six Songs and The Organized Mind.\n\nAs a cognitive neurosc
 ientist specialising in music perception and cognition\, he is credited fo
 r fundamentally changing the way that scientists think about auditory memo
 ry\, showing through the Levitin Effect\, that long-term memory preserves 
 many of the details of musical experience that previous theorists regarded
  as lost during the encoding process. He is also known for drawing attenti
 on to the role of cerebellum in music listening\, including tracking the b
 eat and distinguishing familiar from unfamiliar music.\n\nIn his talk\, Da
 niel will review the cognitive neuroscience of attention and memory\, and 
 how recent findings can help all of us to become more productive. His talk
  will address the myth of multi-tasking\, advice for how to better structu
 re our time\, and how to better organise decision making using examples fr
 om health care contexts. He will also share secrets from some of the highl
 y successful people he spoke to in doing research for the book: CEOs of so
 me of the largest corporations in the world\, artists\, scientists\, nobel
  prize winners\, generals\, admirals\, governors\, senators\, and U.S. cab
 inet members.\n\nHow to register\n\nPlease note that places are limited\, 
 so early registration is recommended. To register your place\, please clic
 k http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/events/organised-mind-thinking-straight-Cambri
 dge/signup/
LOCATION:School of Divinity Lecture Theatre\, St John's College\, Cambridg
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