Mind change : how digital technologies are leaving their mark on our brains /
By: Greenfield, Susan [author.]
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Publisher: London : Rider Books, 2014Description: xv, 368 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781846044304 (hbk.); 9781846044304:; 1846044308 (hbk.); 9781846044328 (pbk.); 1846044324 (pbk.).Subject(s): Cognition | Brain -- Evolution | Information technology -- Psychological aspects | Technological innovations -- Psychological aspects | Digital media -- Psychological aspects | Information technology -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 612.8 Summary: In this work, Susan Greenfield discusses the all-pervading technologies that now surround us, and from which we derive instant information, connected identity, diminished privacy and exceptionally vivid here-and-now experiences. In her view they are creating a new environment, with vast implications, because our minds are physically adapting: being rewired. What could this mean, and how can we harness, rather than be harnessed by, our new technological milieu to create better alternatives and more meaningful lives?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this work, Susan Greenfield discusses the all-pervading technologies that now surround us, and from which we derive instant information, connected identity, diminished privacy and exceptionally vivid here-and-now experiences. In her view they are creating a new environment, with vast implications, because our minds are physically adapting: being rewired. What could this mean, and how can we harness, rather than be harnessed by, our new technological milieu to create better alternatives and more meaningful lives?