i-Minds - 2nd edition How and Why Constant Connectivity is Rewiring Our Brains and What to Do About it
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- 07 mei 2019
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Engaging and scientifically rigorous, this fully updated edition of i-Minds explores screen-based technology's assimilation into our lives, pondering them as both godsend and plague, demonstrating how constant connectivity is changing our brains and exploring positive steps to take to embrace new technologies.
Analyzes the problem with vision and compassion, offering clear guidance.
— GABOR MATÉ
A call to arms to wake up from our complacency.
— ROBERT P. TURNER, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Neurology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
With new sections on eSports, incels, AI, and politics, Swingle's analyses are even more startling and counter-intuitive than the first edition.
— JON COOKSEY, writer and director, How to Boil a Frog
A wealth of recommendations for parents and healthcare professionals.
— CHRIS BJORNSEN, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Longwood University, Virginia
ENGAGING AND ENTERTAINING yet scientifically rigorous, this fully revised and expanded second edition of i-Minds comprehensively explores an era of screenbased technology's assimilation into our lives, pondering it as both godsend and plague. Addressing theory, popular media, and industry hype, i-Minds demonstrates:
- How constant connectivity is changing our brains
- The dangers of unchecked connectivity
- Positive steps to embrace new technologies while protecting our well-being and steering our future in a more human direction.
i-Minds is a must-read for anyone interested in fostering health and happiness, or who is struggling with the role of screened technology in our lives.
The best book yet to help you understand your kids' digital impulses, and your own role in guiding them.
— Dr. WILLIAM SOFTKY, neurophysicist
Eye-opening, and I think anyone who has their phone within an arm's length from them right now would agree.
— ELEANOR GREENE, editor, Green American magazine
DR. MARI SWINGLE is a practicing therapist, researcher, lecturer, and author who has been working in the fields of mental health and education for over 25 years. She is a renowned expert on the effects of i-technology, and holds a PhD and MA in Clinical Psychology and an MA in Language Education. She lives in Vancouver, Canada. www.drmariswingle.com
An entertaining, scientifically rigorous exploration of the social and biological effects of our wireless world
The way we use i-technology is affecting our health and happiness. While programs, devices, information, and constant connectivity can offer us ease, liberation, and efficiency, they can also rewire our brains to feel restless, disconnected, unable to sleep, anxious, and depressed, with new illnesses like FOMO (fear of missing out), and electro sensitivities appearing.
Engaging and entertaining yet scientifically rigorous, this fully revised and updated second edition of i-Minds comprehensively explores an era of screen-based technology's assimilation into our lives, pondering it as both godsend and plague. Addressing theory, popular media, and industry hype, i-Minds demonstrates:
- How constant connectivity is changing our brains
- The dangers of unchecked connectivity
- Positive steps to embrace new technologies while protecting our well-being and steering our future in a more human direction.
i-Minds is a must-read for anyone interested in fostering health and happiness, or who is struggling with the role of screened technology in our lives.
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