Новинки Дэниела Левитина

Рокер, ставший нейробиологом, Дэниел Левитин исследует связь между музыкой — ее исполнением, сочинением, тем, как мы ее слушаем, тем, что нам в ней нравится, — и человеческим мозгом. Вступая в диалог с выдающимися мыслителями, которые утверждают, что музыка не более чем эволюционная случайность, Левитин заявляет, что она фундаментальное свойство нашего вида. На протяжении большей части человеческой истории во всем мире сочинять и исполнять музыку было столь же естественно, как дышать и ходить, и в этом участвовали все. Опираясь на исследования и музыкальные примеры от Моцарта до Дюка Эллингтона и Эдди Ван Халена, автор рассказывает: каким образом композиторы, используя знания о том, как наш мозг воспринимает мир, добиваются невероятно приятных ощущений от прослушивания музыки; почему мы так эмоционально привязаны к музыке, которую слушали в подростковом возрасте; почему для достижения музыкального мастерства практические упражнения даже важнее, чем талант; как коварные навязчивые мелодии застревают у нас в голове. Эта книга — история о том, как мозг и музыка эволюционировали вместе, о том, что музыка может рассказать нам о мозге, а мозг — о музыке, и о том, что с их помощью мы узнаем о самих себе.

Книга известного нейробиолога, психолога и писателя Дэниела Левитина о сохранении физического и психологического здоровья на долгие годы.

Люди испытывают к старости двойственные чувства: и ждут ее, и боятся ее наступления. На самом деле часто нас страшит не этот новый этап, а невозможность наслаждаться полнотой жизни.

Автор книги отвечает на вопросы:
Что делать в любом возрасте, чтобы жить долго и счастливо?
Как сохранить память и умственные способности?
Что можно сделать, чтобы сохранить силу тела, разума и духа, примирившись с теми ограничениями, которые несет с собой старость?
Как представителям разных поколений найти общий язык?
Как вообще воспринимать старость как кульминацию жизни, а не ее финал?

Основываясь на данных нейронауки, Дэниел Левитин делится советами о том, как можно изменить мозг и мышление, чтобы максимально повысить удовлетворенность жизнью и наполнить ее смыслом в почтенном возрасте. Он пишет о том, как продлить период активной полноценной жизни и показывает, что даже незначительные изменения приносят большую пользу.

Прочитав эту книгу, вы сможете использовать полученные знания, чтобы заранее определить предстоящие перемены (как положительные, так и отрицательные) и подготовиться к ним на любом этапе жизненного пути. Начинать изменения никогда не поздно!

We have long been encouraged to think of old age as synonymous with a decline in skills. Yet recent studies show that our decision making improves as we age, and our happiness levels peak in our eighties. What really happens to our brains as we get older?

In The Changing Mind, neuroscientist, psychologist and internationally bestselling author Daniel Levitin invites us to dramatically shift our understanding of aging, demonstrating its many cognitive benefits. He draws on cutting-edge research to offer realistic guidelines and practical cognition-enhancing tricks for everyone to follow during every decade of their life, and show us what we all can learn from those who age joyously.

SUCCESSFUL AGING delivers powerful insights:
- Debunking the myth that memory always declines with age
- Confirming that health span--not life span--is what matters
- Proving that sixty-plus years is a unique and newly recognized developmental stage
- Recommending that people look forward to joy, as reminiscing doesnt promote health Levitin looks at the science behind what we all can learn from those who age joyously, as well as how to adapt our culture to take full advantage of older peoples wisdom and experience. Throughout his exploration of what aging really means, using research from developmental neuroscience and the psychology of individual differences, Levitin reveals resilience strategies and practical, cognitive- enhancing tricks everyone should do as they age. Successful Aging inspires a powerful new approach to how readers think about our final decades, and it will revolutionize the way we plan for old age as individuals, family members, and citizens within a society where the average life expectancy continues to rise.
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SUCCESSFUL AGING delivers powerful insights:
• Debunking the myth that memory always declines with age
• Confirming that "health span"—not "life span"—is what matters
• Proving that sixty-plus years is a unique and newly recognized developmental stage
• Recommending that people look forward to joy, as reminiscing doesn't promote health
Levitin looks at the science behind what we all can learn from those who age joyously, as well as how to adapt our culture to take full advantage of older people's wisdom and experience. Throughout his exploration of what aging really means, using research from developmental neuroscience and the psychology of individual differences, Levitin reveals resilience strategies and practical, cognitive enhancing tricks everyone should do as they age.
Successful Aging inspires a powerful new approach to how readers think about our final decades, and it will revolutionize the way we plan for old age as individuals, family members, and citizens within a society where the average life expectancy continues to rise.

SUCCESSFUL AGING delivers powerful insights:
• Debunking the myth that memory always declines with age
• Confirming that "health span"—not "life span"—is what matters
• Proving that sixty-plus years is a unique and newly recognized developmental stage
• Recommending that people look forward to joy, as reminiscing doesn't promote health

Levitin looks at the science behind what we all can learn from those who age joyously, as well as how to adapt our culture to take full advantage of older people's wisdom and experience. Throughout his exploration of what aging really means, using research from developmental neuroscience and the psychology of individual differences, Levitin reveals resilience strategies and practical, cognitive enhancing tricks everyone should do as they age.
Successful Aging inspires a powerful new approach to how readers think about our final decades, and it will revolutionize the way we plan for old age as individuals, family members, and citizens within a society where the average life expectancy continues to rise.

Сучасний інформаційний простір щодня перенавантажує нас величезною кількістю даних. За такого ритму життя нам доводиться якомога швидше приймати рішення й реагувати на стрімкі зміни в суспільстві. Тому й не дивно, що час від часу ми спізнюємося на зустрічі, губимо речі й почуваємося виснаженими, наздоганяючи загальний світовий темп. Однак за допомогою нейронауки можна впорядкувати своє життя. На основі академічних досліджень та історій видатних людей Деніел Левіті

What if the best was yet to come? Recent studies show that our happiness levels peak at age 82, and that our decision-making skills improve as we age. As more of us live past the age of 80, in this ground-breaking book, Dr Daniel Levitin uses cutting-edge research from neuroscience and psychology to demonstrate the benefits of getting older.

Packed with engaging interviews with individuals who thrived far beyond the conventional age of retirement, this book also reflects on challenges many readers will recognize. Levitin offers a realistic personal plan full of practical, cognitive enhancing tricks for everyone to follow over the years.

The Changing Mind is a radical exploration of what we all can learn from those who age joyously. This book will revolutionize the way we plan for old age as individuals, family members, and citizens of a society in which the average life expectancy continues to rise.

More of us are living into our eighties than ever before - what if the best was yet to come? The bestselling author of The Organized Mind reveals the evolving power of the human brain through the ages.

Recent studies show that our decision-making skills improve as we age, and that our happiness levels peak at age 82.

Dr Daniel Levitin draws on cutting-edge research from neuroscience and psychology to demonstrate the cognitive benefits of getting older. He challenges the beliefs that surround the ageing process, including our assumptions around memory loss and our focus on lifespan instead of 'healthspan'.

Packed with engaging interviews with individuals who have thrived far beyond the conventional age of retirement, this book offers a realistic plan full of practical, cognitive enhancing tricks for everyone to follow during each decade of their life.

The Changing Mind is a radical exploration of what we all can learn from those who age joyously.

The New York Times bestselling book which examines how humans experience music and unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with it
Using musical examples from Bach to the Beatles, Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explains why music can offer such an emotional experience.
Music is an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our species tha

Dividing the sum total of human musical achievement, from Beethoven to The Beatles, Busta Rhymes to Bach, into just six fundamental forms, Levitin illuminates, through songs of friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion and love, how music has been instrumental in the evolution of language, thought and culture. And how, far from being a bit of a song and dance, music is at the core of what it means to be human.
A one-time record producer, now a leading neuroscientist, Levitin has com

Автор бестселлеров и нейробиолог Дэниел Левитин рассказывает, как организовать свое время, дом и рабочее место, чтобы справиться с информационной перегрузкой и действовать продуктивно. Мы живем в мире, перенасыщенном информацией. Да, современные технологии позволяют нам выполнять множество функций, за которыми раньше мы обращались к специалистам. Но наш мозг не способен перерабатывать такое огромное количество данных, которое увеличивается с каждым днем. Отсюда наши забывчивость и рассеянность: мы теряем ключи и билеты, забываем, куда положили ту или иную вещь. Нейробиолог Дэниел Левитин объясняет, как устроен наш мозг, и показывает,…

A guide to critical thinking in the 'post-truth' era, from the author of Sunday Times best-seller The Organized Mind
We live in a world of information overload. Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too often biased, distorted, or outright lies. From unemployment figures to voting polls, IQ tests to divorce rates, we're bombarded by seemingly plausible statistics on how people live and what they think. Daniel Levitin teaches us h

We live in a world of information overload. Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too often biased, distorted, or outright lies. From unemployment figures to voting polls, IQ tests to divorce rates, we're bombarded by seemingly plausible statistics on how people live and what they think. In a world where anyone can become an expert at the click of a button, being able to see through the tricks played with statistics is more necessary than ever before. Daniel Levitin teaches us how to effectively ask ourselves: can we really know that? And how do they know that?

In this eye-opening, entertaining and accessible guide filled with fascinating examples and practical takeaways, acclaimed neuroscientist Daniel Levitin shows us how learning to understand statistics will enable you to make quicker, better-informed decisions to simplify your life.

Доступное и богатое на примеры руководство по критическому мышлению, актуальное как никогда раньше. Это книга о том, как распознавать проблемы с помощью тех фактов, которые вам встречаются, проблемы, которые могут привести вас к неправильным выводам. Иногда те, кто предлагает вам какие-то факты, так и ждут, что вы сделаете неверное заключение. Иногда они и сами не видят разницы. Сегодня информацию можно получить практически мгновенно, государственные лидеры появляются в ваших социальных сетях, сигналы об «экстренных сообщениях» привлекают ваше внимание ежедневно, даже ежечасно. Но где найти время, чтобы определить, не содержатся ли в…

Overwhelmed by demands on your time? Baffled by the sheer volume of data? You're not alone. Even the smartest mind can't beat the organized mind - when we're unable to make sense of it all, our creativity plummets, our decision making suffers and we grow absent-minded. Nowadays, we drown under emails, forever juggle six tasks at once and try to make complex decisions ever more quickly. This is information overload. Using a combination of academic research and examples from daily life, Daniel Levitin explains how to take back control of your life, from healthcare to online dating to raising kids, showing that the secret to success is…

New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.

The information age is drowning us with 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 American 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, PhD, uses the latest brain science to demonstrate how those people excel—and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and time.

With lively, entertaining chapters on everything from the kitchen junk drawer to health care to executive office workflow, Levitin reveals how new research into the cognitive neuroscience of attention and memory can be applied to the challenges of our daily lives. This Is Your Brain on Music showed how to better play and appreciate music through an understanding of how the brain works. The Organized Mind shows how to navigate the churning flood of information in the twenty-first century with the same neuroscientific perspective.

The information age is burying us with an unprecedented amount of information. At the same time we are asked to make more decisions about our lives than ever before. It's no wonder that the average American reports frequently losing car keys or reading glasses, missing appointments, and feels worn out and tired just by trying to keep up. Are there strategies we can use to help cope, to regain a sense of mastery over the way we organize our homes, workplace, and lives? Strategies based on the latest brain science? On the habits of people who are the most accomplished at managing information flows?

Daniel Levitin's resounding answer is this book with chapters on everything from the junk drawer in the kitchen to health care to gambling in Las Vegas.

THE ORGANIZED MIND reveals how the latest research in the cognitive neuroscience of attention and memory can be applied from the classroom to the boardroom, from our home lives to the interactions we have with friends, doctors, and business associates. Its practical suggestions call for relatively minor changes all of us can make with little effort, but that will have remarkable long-term benefits for mental and physical health, productivity, and creativity.

In the digital age we are overwhelmed by information. Unable to make sense of it all, our creativity plummets, decision making suffers and we grow absent-minded. The twenty-first century sees us drowning under emails, forever juggling six tasks at once and trying to make complex decisions ever more quickly. This is information overload. In The Organized Mind, we learn how we got here and why smart organization improves our memories and attention - and makes us more imaginative and clear-sighted. Using a combination of academic research and examples from daily life, neuroscientist and bestselling author Daniel Levitin explains how to take…