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001 2011009307
003 DLC
005 20111221093309.0
008 110315s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780670022823 (hbk.)
020 $a0670022829 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn682892567
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050 00 $aBF321$b.D38 2011
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100 1 $aDavidson, Cathy N.,$d1949-
245 10 $aNow you see it :$bhow the brain science of attention will transform the way we live, work, and learn /$cCathy N. Davidson.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2011.
300 $aviii, 342 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
520 $aDocuments a 2003 experiment at Duke University where the author had free iPods issued to the freshman class to see how the device could be used academically, in a report that reveals other technological ideas that are revolutionizing education.
650 0 $aAttention.
650 0 $aDistraction (Psychology)
650 0 $aNeurosciences.
650 2 $aAttention.
650 2 $aNeurosciences.
650 2 $aPersonality.
650 2 $aPsychology, Social.