Organising the Mind
Tom Sutcliffe discusses creativity and the organised mind with neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, cognitive scientist Maggie Boden, poet Frances Leviston and conductor Ian Page.
Tom Sutcliffe is joined in the studio by Daniel Levitin, author of New York Times bestseller 'The Organized Mind'. Levitin dismisses the idea of multi-tasking and explores how we can counter information overload. But the poet Frances Leviston with her latest collection, Disinformation, believes her best work is conceived in disorganisation. The cognitive scientist Maggie Boden puts forward the idea that computers can be highly creative, and the conductor Ian Page celebrates the genius of Mozart who wrote his first symphony in London at the age of eight.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
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Daniel Levitin
Dr Daniel J Levitin is an award-winning scientist, musician, author and record producer. He is also the James McGill Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience at McGill University in Montreal, where he runs the Laboratory for Music Cognition, Perception and Expertise.
'The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload' out 29th January.
Margaret Boden
Neuroscientist Margaret Boden OBE is Research Professor of cognitive science at the Department of informatics at the University of Sussex, where her work embraces the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology, philosophy, cognitive and computer science.
Professor Boden will be giving a public lecture at the LSE Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science on 29th January 2015.
Frances Leviston
Poet Frances Leviston’s first collection,Public Dream, was shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Jerwood-Aldeburgh First Collection Prize.
Her latest collection, Disinformation, will be published by Picador on 12th February 2015.
Ian Page
Ian Page is the founder, conductor and artistic director of Classical Opera which presents world class performances, with its own period instrument orchestra, of the works of Mozart and his contemporaries.
Full Calendar of Events: Mozart 250
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
| Interviewed Guest | Daniel Levitin |
| Interviewed Guest | Maggie Boden |
| Interviewed Guest | Frances Leviston |
| Interviewed Guest | Ian Page |
| Producer | Katy Hickman |
Broadcasts
- Mon 26 Jan 201509:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 26 Jan 201521:30BBC Radio 4
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