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Book Synopsis

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.



Table of Contents

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

iMinds 2nd edition

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      Publisher: New Society Publishers
      Publication Date: 07/05/2019
      ISBN13: 9780865719019, 978-0865719019
      ISBN10: 0865719012
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      Computing Human–computer interaction Health & Wellbeing Popular medicine and health Psychology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Table of Contents

      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

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