The human brain long ago evolved a mechanism for rewarding us when we encountered new information: a little shot of dopamine in… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Decision-making is difficult because, by its nature, it involves uncertainty. If there was no uncertainty, decisions would be easy! The uncertainty exists… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Information overload refers to the notion that we're trying to take in more than the brain can handle. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Although it is easier to find information these days, it is easier than ever before to find misinformation, pseudo-facts, unsupported and fringe… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Critical thinking is not something you do once with an issue and then drop it. It requires that we update our knowledge… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Getting new information through Web-surfing almost always feels more rewarding than having to generate new information in the work that is in… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Having learned something, we tend to cling to that belief, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. New information… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The amount of scientific information we've discovered in the last twenty years is more than all the discoveries up to that point,… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
In order to understand one person speaking to us, we need to process 60 bits of information per second. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
We really are living in an age of information overload. Google estimates that there are 300 exabytes (300 followed by 18 zeros)… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Brain extenders are anything that get information out of our heads and into the physical world: calendars, key hooks by the front… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
As soon as you hear a proposition, the creative brain in humans assumes for the moment that it's true, and starts trying… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
We're assaulted with facts, pseudo facts, jibber-jabber, and rumour, all posing as information. Trying to figure out what you need to know… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
We need to take a step back and realize that not everything we encounter is true. You don't want to be gullibly… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
If you're making a bunch of little decisions - like, do I read this email now or later? Do I file it?… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
What music is better able to do than language is to represent the complexity of human emotional states. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Procrastination comes in two types. Some of us procrastinate in order to pursue restful activities - spending time in bed, watching TV - while… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
In a country that was still racially segregated and prejudiced, music was among the first domains in which African-Americans thrived alongside whites. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Because our ancestors lived in social groups that changed slowly, because they encountered the same people throughout their lives, they could keep almost every… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Because you've been exposed to Western tonal music, you know after a certain chord sequence what the next possibilities are. Your brain has compiled… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
People who organize their time in a way that allows them to focus are not only going to get more done, but they'll be… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
I have never seen a proton or electron spinning around it. I have never actually seen a chromosome. I trust that they exist because… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
If you're studying from a book and trying to listen in on a conversation at the same time, those are two separate projects, each… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
President Trump, when challenged on facts, says that many people feel the way he does. But feelings should not take the place of reason… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Our species uses music and dance to express various feelings: love, joy, comfort, ceremony, knowledge, and friendship. And each one is distinct and widely… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The first forms of writing emerged not for art, literature, or love, not for spiritual or liturgical purposes, but for business--all literature could be… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
When you're at work, be fully at work. And let your leisure time be what it's meant to be - restorative and fun. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
