Daniel J. Levitin
Academic title(s):
Professor
James McGill Professor Emeritus
Levitin Lab for Cognitive Neuroscience
Contact Information:
Office: 2001 McGill College
Phone: 514.398.6114
Email: daniel.levitin[at]mcgill.ca
Mailing Address:
Department of Psychology
2001 McGill College, 7th floor
Montreal, QC
H3A 1G1
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Biography:
Research Area:
Research Summary:
Cognitive neuroscience of memory, aging, and expert performance; music cognition and performance; quantitative methods for analyzing time-series information.
Selected References:
*Tchalova, K., Beland, S., *Chanda, M.L., Levitin, D.J., Bartz, J.A. (2023). Shifting the Sociometer: Opioid Receptor Blockade Lowers Self-Esteem. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsad017
*Halabieh, H., *Hawkins, S., *Bernstein, A.E., *Lewkowict, S., *Unaldi Kamel, B., Fleming, L., Levitin, D.J. (2022). The Future of Higher Education: Identifying Current Educational Problems and Proposed Solutions. Education Sciences, 12(12):888. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12120888
Zadra, A., & Levitin, D.J. (2022). The disintegrated theory of consciousness: Sleep, waking, and meta-awareness. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, E64. doi:10.1017/S0140525X21001850
Global Council on Brain Health (2020). Music on Our Minds: The Rich Potential of Music to Promote Brain Health and Mental Well-Being. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26419/pia.00103.001
Levitin, D. J. (2021). Successful Aging: A neuroscientist explores the power and potential of our lives. New York: Dutton/Penguin Random House; Toronto: Allen Lane/Penguin. 520 pages. (Published in the U.K. as The Changing Mind: A neuroscientist’s guide to ageing, Penguin Life.)
#1 International best-seller. New York Times, London Times, and MacLeans Bestseller. Named as one of the best books of 2020 by the Sunday Times (of London). Translated into Czech, Dutch, Estonian, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Mandarin Chinese, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Turkish.
Levitin, D. J. (2015). The organized mind: Thinking straight in the age of information overload. New York: Dutton/Penguin Random House; Toronto: Viking/Penguin Random House; London, UK: Penguin Random House.
#1 International best-seller. New York Times, London Times, and MacLeans Bestseller. Named as one of the top Business books of 2014 by Forbes. Translated into Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Dutch, Estonian, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.
* = student and trainee authors