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Positive Thoughts: Daniel Levitin

That's What She Said with Sarah Spain - January 15, 2019 16:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
Can positive thoughts really lead to positive change? Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin helps Sarah understand how one can train their brain to project positive energy, reduce stress and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Daniel Pink in conversation with Daniel Levitin

Live Talks Los Angeles - May 19, 2018 04:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Daniel Pink in conversation with Daniel Levitin at Live Talks Los Angeles discussing his book, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. The talk took place on April 10, 2018 at The Moss Theatre, Santa Monica, CA.  For more information on Live Talks Los Angeles, visit www.livetalksla.org

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Daniel Levitin: Trick Your Brain, Treat Your Brain

Simplify - April 19, 2018 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 258 ratings
A lot of the things that we’ve learned about how our minds work are simply not true. Did you know that a small part of your brain can fall asleep while the other parts are awake and working? And we can't trust our memories, either: it turns out that much of what ends up getting stored in memory...

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169 Daniel Levitin - The Emerging Epidemic of the Silent Home

Inquiring Minds - March 06, 2017 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 821 ratings
We talk to neuroscientist, music producer, and best-selling author Daniel Levitin about his recent research into how playing music in the home affects us. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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Critical Thinking in the Information Age w/ Dr. Daniel Levitin

Kickass News - Afar - October 20, 2016 19:45 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Dr. Daniel J. Levitin is the #1 best-selling author of A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age and today he’ll teach you how to sharpen your b.s. detector.  He exposes ways supposedly reliable news sources like USA Today and Fox News monkey with charts and graphs to fool y...

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28. Daniel Levitin (Musician & Neuroscientist) – Rats/Risks/Rewards

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - December 26, 2015 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 556 ratings
"Now newness is coming at us continuously. And the brain hasn’t evolved to deal with that onslaught of newness. There has to be some sculpting of the input. Otherwise it just becomes random noise." – Daniel Levitin Do you see yourself as in control of your destiny, or do you see things the other ...

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55 Daniel Levitin - The Organized Mind

Inquiring Minds - October 10, 2014 06:19 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 821 ratings
On the show this week we talk to cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, musician, and writer Daniel Levitin about his new book The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload. We also talk to microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles about the Ebola virus—what the risks really are,...