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What To Do With Too Much Information

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Our neurons are divided into two different types of networks: the task-positive network, and the task-negative network. Understanding this helps us get a handle on how to organize our days to feel less overwhelmed.

Are you spending your holiday surreptitiously checking work emails? Not a good idea.

In his new book, The Organized Mind, McGill University professor of psychology and behavioral neuroscience Daniel Levitin reminds us that our brains need a true rest in order to function properly. The deluge of tweets, Facebook updates, and emails we're faced with on a daily basis, compete for the limited attentional resources of our brains.

We’ll talk to Daniel Levitin about what science tells us about the organization of our brains, and we'll get some tips on how to survive in the age of information overload.

Join the conversation: post comments and questions below or write to vermontedition@vpr.net

Also on the show, we'll hear from the author of a children's book about an escaping Orangutan.

And we'll get a lesson in how to make latkes for Hannukah.

Broadcast live on Tuesday, December 23 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.
Sage Van Wing was a Vermont Edition producer.
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