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Now you see it : how technology and brain science will transform schools and business for the 21st century / Cathy N. Davidson.

By: Davidson, Cathy N, 1949-.

Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2012, c2011Description: x, 342 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780143121268.Subject(s): Attention | Distraction (Psychology) | NeurosciencesGenre/Form: Print books.

Contents:

I'll count: you take care of the gorilla -- Distraction and difference: the keys to attention and the changing brain -- Learning from the distraction experts -- Learning ourselves -- The kids are all right. Project classroom makeover -- How we measure -- The epic win -- Work in the future. -- The changing workplace -- The changing worker -- The brain you change yourself -- You, too, can program your VCR (and probably should) -- Now you see it -- Twenty-first-century literacies: a checklist.

Summary: "Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience, psychology, and management, as well as interviews with visionary business and educational leaders, ... [the author] explodes the myth that multitasking is bad for us and offers a reassuringly optimistic view of our ability to thrive in ways that build on what we know now about how our brains engage with the world"--P. [4] of cover.

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Current location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
On Shelf	BF321 .D38 2012 (Browse shelf)	Available		AU0000000007675

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Originally published: New York : Viking Penguin, 2011. With subtitle: How the brain science of attention will transform the way we live, work, and learn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: I'll count: you take care of the gorilla -- Pt. 1. Distraction and difference: the keys to attention and the changing brain -- Learning from the distraction experts -- Learning ourselves -- Pt. 2. The kids are all right. Project classroom makeover -- How we measure -- The epic win -- Pt. 3. Work in the future. -- The changing workplace -- The changing worker -- Pt. 4. The brain you change yourself -- You, too, can program your VCR (and probably should) -- Conclusion: Now you see it -- Appendix. Twenty-first-century literacies: a checklist.

"Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience, psychology, and management, as well as interviews with visionary business and educational leaders, ... [the author] explodes the myth that multitasking is bad for us and offers a reassuringly optimistic view of our ability to thrive in ways that build on what we know now about how our brains engage with the world"--P. [4] of cover.

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Now you see it : how technology and brain science will transform schools and business for the 21st century / Cathy N. Davidson.

By: Davidson, Cathy N, 1949-.