Mari K. Swingle

i-Minds - 2nd edition (eBook, ePUB)

How and Why Constant Connectivity is Rewiring Our Brains and What to Do About it

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Society Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781771422901
• Artikelnr.: 55987892

Autorenporträt

Dr. Mari Swingle is a practicing therapist, researcher, and author who has been working in the fields of mental health and education for over 25 years. She holds a PhD and MA in Clinical Psychology, an MA in Language Education, and a BA in Fine Arts. Dr. Swingle is a known expert on the effects of i-technology (screen-based devices), and lectures locally and internationally on the effects of screen-based technology on our brains and behavior. Her mission is fostering health, happiness, and informed choice in the digital age. She frequently unplugs in the pursuit of balance and the multitude of joys and curiosities life has to offer, and lives in Vancouver, Canada. www.drmariswingle.com

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: How and Why 1. The Shift 2. Technological Integration Versus Technological Interference 3. The Pull 4. The Power of Sound: History and Biology 5. The Biological Science
What's Really Going on in Our Brains? 6. Boxed In
Anxiety in the Masses 7. From Digital Natives to i-Kids 8. The Story of Alpha 9. The Narrowing of Minds Part 2: Process and Development 10. Of Systems and Process 11. Back to Biology: Epigenetics and Vestibular Regulation 12. From i-Kids to i-Brains 13. Learning, Play, and Parenting
Conflicting Needs in a Busy, Busy World 14. Socialization
Child's Play Part 3: Education, Games, Power, and Politics 15. The Good, the Bad, and the Neutral 16. Of Games and Gaming 17. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Esports and the Business of Gaming 18. Beyond Illusions
Spatial Planning, Arbitrary Learning, and Geolocation Skills 19. Breaking the Trance 20. i-Tech and Healthcare
To Care or i-Care Part 4: Trust, Governance, and the Attention Ecconomy 21. i-Trust and i-Privacy
Social, Economic, and Political Manipulation 22. Governance Part One
Self-Governance and the Rise of the Attention Economy 23. Governance Part Two
Crossing the Floor and the Perils of Protection 24. The Attention Economy 25. Governance and Safety
Electromagnetic Explorations Part 5: The Interpersonal 26. Community, Communication, Digital Mediation, and Friendship 27. Sex and Sexuality Part A
Adult Play 28. Sex and Sexuality Part B
Brain Wiring and the Death of Intimacy 29. Sex and Sexuality Part C
From Children to Elders, Communication, and Lifestyle Solutions 30. Benefactors of Change 31. i-Addiction and i-Life
The Beginnings of a New World 32. The Tipping Point 33. Our Future Our Selves Epilogue: So What to Do? Notes Index About the Author About New Society Publishers