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Books : iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind |
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.820285
EAN: 9780061340338
ISBN: 0061340332
Label: Collins Living
Manufacturer: Collins Living
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: Collins Living
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Studio: Collins Living
Sales Rank: 21378
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Their insights are extraordinary, their behaviors unusual. Their brains—shaped by the era of microprocessors, access to limitless information, and 24-hour news and communication—are remapping, retooling, and evolving. They're not superhuman. They're your twenty-something coworkers, your children, and your competition. Are you keeping up?
In iBrain, Dr. Gary Small, one of America's leading neuroscientists and experts on brain function and behavior, explores how technology's unstoppable march forward has altered the way young minds develop, function, and interpret information. iBrain reveals a new evolution catalyzed by technological advancement and its future implications: Where do you fit in on the evolutionary chain? What are the professional, social, and political impacts of this new brain evolution? How must you adapt and at what price?
While high-tech immersion can accelerate learning and boost creativity, it also has its glitches, among them the meteoric rise in ADD diagnoses, increased social isolation, and Internet addiction. To compete and thrive in the age of brain evolution, and to avoid these potential drawbacks, we must adapt, and iBrain—with its Technology Toolkit—equips all of us with the tools and strategies needed to close the brain gap.
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I was curious when I first opened the book. I have just started an education within digital media and the subject was head on.
The book shows how our mind tries to coop up with the impressions we're feeding it with. If we're feeding it with a 24-7 computer screen and "multitasking" in the digtial field, we'll develop skills in the regions of our brain that are busy while doing this. But we don't have time for other practices so for example our face to face interaction will get understimulated. ... Read More
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Our brains are an amazing force of nature, but until recently we haven't had a good understanding of how the way we live our lives affects the actual structure and function of our brains.
In "iBrain...Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind," Dr. Gary Small and Gigi Vogan explore the fascinating subject of how modern digital technology affects our brains, especially the use of the computer and video games.
This book is important for many reasons, not ... Read More
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Say you want an evolution?
iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind by Gary Small, M.D. and Gigi Vorgan
Dr. Gary Small and Gigi Vorgan's iBrain is a fascinating book that details how technology is changing our brains. Their main thesis is that our brains and the brains of our children are much more plastic and changeable than we have been led to believe. They differentiate between digital immigrants: people who had to learn technology such as computers and ... Read More
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I have read Small's book "iBrain" over the last couple of days and am very unimpressed.
I suppose by Small's description of Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives, I am an early immigrant or perhaps a "pioneer" --- I went online in my early 20s connecting to the first online communities (dial-up bulletin boards in the early 80s). My brain was still a little plastic then, I suppose, so I'm like someone who immigrates as a young adult.
It seems to me Dr. Small set about to write a book ... Read More
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iBrain by Gary Small, M.D. and Gigi Vorgan
1st Edition, New York, N.Y. 2008
Collins Living, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN-13:978-0-06-134033-8
$24.95
iBrain is a fascinating foray into the world of neuroscience. While it does deal with some very technical subjects, the authors manage to do so in a very "user friendly" and entertaining manner. For instance, throughout the book, young people born into the "Digital Age" who have grown ... Read More
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