i-Minds - 2nd edition

Name: i-Minds - 2nd edition
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780865719019
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How and Why Constant Connectivity is Rewiring Our Brains and What to Do About it

By Mari K. Swingle

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i-Minds - 2nd edition offers an entertaining yet scientifically rigorous exploration of how wireless technology impacts our social and biological well-being. The book details how constant connectivity reshapes our brains, leading to restlessness, anxiety, sleep issues, and conditions like FOMO and electro sensitivity.

It critically examines the influence of screen-based technology on our lives, weighing its benefits against the risks. This edition is fully revised to provide insights into managing technology use healthily while navigating a future increasingly shaped by digital connection.
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Ideal for readers interested in health, psychology, education, and the social effects of technology, as well as anyone seeking to understand and improve their relationship with digital devices.

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.

Co-op available
Galleys available on Edelweiss
National print campaign: Wired Magazine, The New York Times, Psychology Today, Today's Parent
Features offered to: Sojourners, GEEZ, Fast Company
Promoted to organizations such as: American and Canadian psychological associations, parenting groups and
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Description

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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780865719019

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 May 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: New Society Publishers

Edition: Revised & Updated

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 865g

Pages: 528

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Computing & Technology Education & Reference Health & Wellness Mari K. Swingle Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

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