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We need to take a step back and realize that not everything we encounter is true. You don't want to be gullibly accepting everything as true, but you don't want to be cynically rejecting everything as false. You want to take your time to evaluate the information.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Accepting Back Encounter Evaluate Everything False Information Need Realize Rejecting Step Take Time True Want You Your

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Activities that promote mind-wandering, such as reading literature, going for a walk, exercising, or listening to music, are hugely restorative.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Activities Exercising Going Hugely Listening Literature Music Promote Reading Walk

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As soon as you hear a proposition, the creative brain in humans assumes for the moment that it's true, and starts trying to find evidence. It's what computer scientists in the old days used to call 'Fifo:' first in, first out. The first piece of information that gets in has a privileged position, even if it's misinformation.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Assumes Brain Call Computer Creative Days Even Evidence Find First Gets Hear Humans Information Misinformation Moment Old Old Days Out Piece Position Privileged Proposition Scientists Soon Starts True Trying Used You

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The rest-seeking procrastinators would generally rather not exert themselves at all, while the fun-task procrastinators enjoy being busy and active all the time but have a hard time starting things that are not so amusing.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Active Amusing Being Being Busy Busy Enjoy Exert Generally Hard Hard Time Rather Starting Themselves Things Time While Would

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Neurons are living cells with a metabolism. And they need glucose in order to function. Glucose is the fuel of the brain, just like gasoline is the fuel of your car.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Brain Car Cells Fuel Function Gasoline Just Like Living Metabolism Need Neurons Order Your

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Even though we think we're getting a lot done, ironically, multitasking makes us demonstrably less efficient.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Done Efficient Even Getting Ironically Less Lot Makes Think Though Us

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Google is a company whose very existence depends on innovation - on inventing things that are new and didn't exist before - and on refining existing ideas and technologies to allow consumers to do things they couldn't do before.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Allow Before Company Consumers Depends Exist Existence Existing Google Ideas Innovation Inventing New Technologies Things Very Whose

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Most jobs require some degree of creativity and flexible thinking.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Creativity Degree Flexible Jobs Most Require Some Thinking

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We're assaulted with facts, pseudo facts, jibber-jabber, and rumour, all posing as information. Trying to figure out what you need to know and what you can ignore is exhausting.

~Daniel Levitin

Topics: Exhausting Facts Figure Ignore Information Know Need Out Posing Trying You

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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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Topics: Brain Constantly Creates Effectively External Feedback Focus Loop Losing Rewarding Searching Stimulation

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: December 27th, 1957

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