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.

信息时代正以前所未有的数据洪流淹没我们。与此同时，我们被要求对我们的生活做出比以往更多更快的决定。因此，难怪普通美国人报告说，他们经常丢失车钥匙或眼镜，错过约会，并且因为要跟上时代而感到疲惫不堪。

但是，有些人在管理信息流方面变得很有成就。在《有条理的头脑》中，丹尼尔-J-莱维廷博士用最新的脑科学来证明这些人是如何出类拔萃的，以及读者如何利用他们的方法来重新获得对自己组织家庭、工作场所和时间的掌控感。

通过生动、有趣的章节，从厨房的垃圾抽屉到保健，再到行政办公室的工作流程，莱维廷揭示了注意力和记忆的认知神经科学的新研究如何能够应用于我们日常生活中的挑战。这是你的音乐之脑》展示了如何通过对大脑工作原理的理解更好地演奏和欣赏音乐。有条不紊的头脑》展示了如何以同样的神经科学视角来驾驭二十一世纪汹涌的信息洪流。