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

The information age is drowning us in an unprecedented flood of data. At the same time, we are expected to make more—and faster—decisions about our lives than ever before. It’s no wonder that the average American often reports losing their car keys or reading glasses, missing appointments, and feeling exhausted by the effort just to keep up.

Yet somehow, some people manage to handle the flow of information quite well. In "The Organized Mind," Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, illustrates through the latest brain science how these individuals succeed—and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of control over how they organize their homes, workplaces, and time.

With lively, entertaining chapters covering everything from kitchen drawers to healthcare and office workflow, Levitin reveals how new research in cognitive neuroscience regarding attention and memory can be applied to the challenges of our daily lives. "This Is Your Brain on Music" showed how to play and appreciate music better by understanding how the brain works. "The Organized Mind" demonstrates how to navigate the surging tide of information in the twenty-first century with the same neuroscientific perspective.