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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 started and maintained by distinct circuits in the brain. Pay more attention to one for a moment and you're automatically paying less attention to the other.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Attention Automatically Book Brain Conversation Distinct Each Less Listen Maintained Moment More Other Pay Paying Projects Same Same Time Separate Started Studying Those Time Trying Two You

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We need to support the media by subscribing to newspapers and magazines and supporting their advertisers to stay in business. And we need to be less greedy and allow journalists to take the time to pull the story together.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Advertiser Allow Business Greedy Journalists Less Magazines Media Need Newspapers Pull Stay Story Support Supporting Take Time Together

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I reject the notion of a post-truth area. I don't believe there is such a thing, and we shouldn't accept that.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Accept Area Believe Notion Reject Such A Thing Thing

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Every status update you read on Facebook, every tweet or text message you get from a friend, is competing for resources in your brain with important things like whether to put your savings in stocks or bonds, where you left your passport, or how best to reconcile with a close friend you just had an argument with.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Argument Best Bonds Brain Close Competing Every Facebook Friend Get Had How Important Important Things Just Left Like Message Passport Put Read Reconcile Resources Savings Status Stocks Text Things Tweet Update Where Whether You Your

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The history of science and culture is filled with stories of how many of the greatest scientific and artistic discoveries occurred while the creator was not thinking about what he was working on, not consciously anyway - the daydreaming mode solved the problem for him, and the answer appeared suddenly as a stroke of insight.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: About Answer Anyway Appeared Artistic Creator Culture Daydreaming Discoveries Filled Greatest He Him History How Insight Many Mode Occurred Problem Science Scientific Solved Stories Stroke Suddenly The History Of Thinking While Working

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Music and dance have also always been a communal activity, something that everyone participated in. The thought of a musical concert in which a class of professionals performed for a quiet audience was virtually unknown throughout our species' history.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Activity Also Always Audience Been Class Communal Concert Dance Everyone History Music Musical Our Performed Professionals Quiet Something Species Thought Throughout Unknown Virtually Which

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Singing and dancing have been shown to modulate brain chemistry, specifically levels of dopamine, the 'feel good' neurotransmitter.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Been Brain Chemistry Dancing Feel Feel Good Good Levels Shown Singing Specifically

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Our ancient forebears who learned to synchronize the movements of dance were those with the capacity to predict what others around them were going to do and signal to others what they wanted to do next. These forms of communication may well have helped lead to the formation of larger human communities.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Ancient Around Capacity Communication Communities Dance Formation Forms Going Helped Human Larger Lead Learned May Movements Next Others Our Predict Signal Them Those Wanted Well Were Who

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When it comes to snowing people, one effective technique is to get a whole bunch of verifiable facts right and then add one or two that are untrue.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Add Bunch Effective Facts Get One Or Two People Right Technique Then Two Untrue Whole

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Unfortunately, often found next to things that are true are an enormous number of things that are not - in websites, videos, books and on social media.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Books Enormous Found Media Next Number Often Social Social Media Things True Unfortunately Videos Websites

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: December 27th, 1957

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