Mind Change - How Digital Technologies are Leaving Their Mark on Our Brains

Informationen zum Autor Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE is a Senior Research Fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford University. A scientist, writer, broadcaster and Cross-Bench member in the House of Lords, she specialises in applying neuroscience to fundamental issues such as the impact of 21st-century technologies on the mind, how the brain generates consciousness, and the development of innovative approaches to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s She has been the recipient of 31 honorary degrees from both British and foreign universities , and of many awards including Chevalier Legion d’Honneur from the French Government e,and an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians, as well as being selected as Honorary Australian of the Year in 2006. She appears regularly on radio and television and frequently gives talks to both the public and private sectors. Klappentext One of the UK's leading neuroscientists discusses the all-pervading technologies that now surround us, and how our brains are being rewired by them. 'Fascinating... highly accessible...' "Independent on Sunday" Zusammenfassung In Mind Change, Susan Greenfield discusses the all-pervading technologies that now surround us, and from which we derive instant information, connected identity, diminished privacy and exceptionally vivid here-and-now experiences.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Greenfield, Greenfield Susan
• Publisher: Rider
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9781846044311
• ISBN: 978-1-84604-431-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Rider & Co
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, technology; brain; neuroscience; wellbeing; social media