Podcast #26: Adam Gazzaley on Our Distracted Minds

Neurologist Adam Gazzaley discusses how the brain’s attentional system functions–or doesn’t–when buffeted by digital distraction.

By Mo Lotman | February 6, 2019 | Cognition, Health, Neurology, Podcasts, Psychology, Well-Being | ADHD, Aging, Anxiety, Attending, Attention, Attention Deficit, Boredom, Cognition, Concentration, Depression, Digital Devices, Distraction, Education, Empathy, Enhancement, Exercise, Filtering, Focus, Goals, Habit, Ignoring, Information, Information Foraging Theory, Interference, Marginal Value Theorem, Medicine, Meditation, Memory, Metacognition, Monotasking, Multitasking, Nature, Neurology, Perception, Plasticity, Prefrontal Cortex, Prescribable Video Game Treatment, Psychology, Smartphones, Suppression, The Brain, Therapy, Video Games

The Cardboard Renaissance: Analog Games Take Off

In a digital world, analog games are having a surprising—and explosive—renaissance.

By Eric J. Francis | September 5, 2018 | Community, Culture, Relationships | Aeronaut Brewing, Analog Game Studies Journal, Analog Games, Asmodée, Board Game Cafes, Board Games, Carcassonne, Cards Against Humanity, Catan, CMON, Codenames, Cosmic Encounter, David Sax, Dice Tower Network, Face-to-Face Interaction, Friendship, Galaxy Trucker, Games, Gaming, Gen Con, Getting a Life: The Social Worlds of Geek Culture, Magic: The Gathering, PAX, Penny Arcade, Personal Interaction, Social Interaction, Spiel Fair, Tabletop Games, The Revenge of Analog, Video Games

Podcast #15: David Greenfield on Internet Addiction

Psychiatrist, professor, and author David Greenfield, founder of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, was one of the first medical professionals to recognize and study the addictive qualities of the Internet. He explains what we know, what it means, and what can be done.

By Mo Lotman | January 17, 2018 | Cognition, Family, Health, Neurology, Podcasts, Psychology, Society, Well-Being | Addiction, Alienation, Behavior, Boot Camps, Boredom, China, Community, Creativity, Detox, Distracted Driving, Dopamine, DSM, Facebook, Food, Gambling, Gaming, Health Care, Heroin, Humanity, Impulse Control, Inequality, Internet, Medicine, Public Space, Self-Medication, Sex, smart phones, Social Disconnection, Social Media, Teens, Unhappiness, Variable Ratio Reinforcement Schedule, Variable Reward, Video Games

VR’s Neurological Effects Hard to Grasp

As virtual reality makes a comeback, its potentially troubling neurological effects, particularly over the long term, remain poorly understood.

By Emily Ludolf | November 22, 2017 | Cognition, Health, Media, Neurology | 3D, Air Force, Brain, Children, Dizziness, Eye Strain, Eyesight, Headaches, Health, Leeds University, Motion, Motion Sickness, Nausea, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Senses, Simulator Sickness, Spatial Learning, US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Video Games, Virtual Reality, VR

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