The Distracted Mind by Adam Gazzaley
Why our brains aren't built for media multitasking, and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way.
Adam Gazzaley is Professor in the Departments of Neurology, Physiology, and Psychiatry at the University of Calfornia, San Francisco, where he is also Founding Director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center, Neuroscape Lab, and the Gazzaley Lab. He is cofounder and Chief Science Advisor of Akili Interactive, a company developing therapeutic video games and cofounder and Chief Scientist of JAZZ Venture Partners, a venture capital firm investing in experiential technology to improve human performance. Recipient of the 2015 Society for Neuroscience Science Educator Award, he wrote and hosted the nationally televised PBS special "The Distracted Mind with Dr. Adam Gazzaley." Larry D. Rosen is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He is a blogger for Psychology Today and the author of iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us and six other books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780262534437 |
| ISBN 10 | 0262534436 |
| Title | The Distracted Mind |
| Author | Adam Gazzaley |
| Series | The Distracted Mind |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner, 2017 PROSE Awards, Biomedicine and Neuroscience category 2017 |
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