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
We are trying to get a fingerprint of the emotional landscape of the music as it is transmitted from the conductor's baton to the musicians' fingers to the hearts and minds of the audience.
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We want a window into the brain.
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Ideally, we will see something we recognize from the conductor's reading in the musicians' readings about two seconds later, and then in the audience's readings.
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You’d think people would realize they’re bad at multitasking and would quit. But a cognitive illusion sets in, fueled in part by a dopamine-adrenaline feedback loop, in which multitaskers think they are doing great.
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Critical thinking is not something you do once with an issue and then drop it. It requires that we update our knowledge as new information comes in. Time spent evaluating claims is not just time well spent. It should be considered part of an implicit bargain we've all made.
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The obvious rule of efficiency is you don't want to spend more time organizing than it's worth.
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Brain extenders are anything that get information out of our heads and into the physical world: calendars, key hooks by the front door, note pads, 'to do' lists.
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Procrastination comes in two types. Some of us procrastinate in order to pursue restful activities - spending time in bed, watching TV - while others delay difficult or unpleasant tasks in favor of those that are more fun.
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Multitasking creates a dopamine-addiction feedback loop, effectively rewarding the brain for losing focus and for constantly searching for external stimulation.
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There are not two sides to a story when one side is a lie. Journalists - and the rest of us - must stop giving equal time to things that don't have an opposing side.
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What music is better able to do than language is to represent the complexity of human emotional states.
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Music can be thought of as a type of perceptual illusion in which our brain imposes structure and order on a sequence of sounds. Just how this structure leads us to experience emotional reactions is part of the mystery of music.
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Even though we think we're getting a lot done, ironically, multitasking makes us demonstrably less efficient.
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That walk around the block, that fresh air, is going to help you work more quickly and effectively when you get back.
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