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How Technology Is Altering Our Brain

Event Interactive 2010
Format Panel
Organizer Christie Nicholson – Scientific American
Description This year Twitter was accused of making us immoral because it’s too fast for emotions to register. Seems overly dramatic, but scientists confirm technology changes our adult neural circuitry at an unprecedented rate. We ought to understand the “generation brain gap” and the physiological, social and economic impact of high-tech.
Questions
Answered
  1. What is neuroplasticity? (The ability for a brain to rewire itself.)
  2. How does our brain change? Are the changes permanent?
  3. How different are the brains of the next generation? Specifically?
  4. Can an adult brain really be affected by social media, PDAs, mobile GPS? Is it bad? Good?
  5. How will technological innovations in the coming five years will impact our brains and our culture? And what should we do about it, if anything?
  6. How can I relate to how teenagers and children think, having grown up their entire lives with technology?
  7. How can I regain focus, when I have so much competing for my attention online and wirelessly?
  8. How addicted are we to the refresh button?
  9. How does a teenagers brain react to video games, Google, text messaging?
  10. How can we survive digital burnout?
Level Beginner
Category Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Career / Work Concerns, Digital Divide, Self-Help / Self-Improvement, Social Issues
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