Our Social Media Obsession
Why do we constantly feel the need to “check in” with social media? Our study finds that people use technology for a variety of reasons, ranging from anxiety to pleasure.
View ArticleOur Obsessive Relationship With Technology
I am an inveterate people watcher, which is probably why I started college thinking that I was going to be a math teacher and ended up getting my degrees in psychology. For the past 30+ years, as I...
View ArticleWhere Do You Keep Your Smartphone?
We keep our smartphone close at hand 24/7/365read more
View ArticleADHD and Technology: Helping Our Children Reclaim Their Focus and Attention
A recent New York Times piece by Richard A. Friedman entitled “A Natural Fix for A.D.H.D.”caught my eye this past week as I am right in the middle of writing a book chapter about how technology impacts...
View ArticleGo the F**k to Sleep [Without Your Technology]
Sleeping with your smartphone is a bad idearead more
View ArticleMultitasking Madness
How have we fallen into a state of “Multitasking Madness”? Are we really multitasking or just constantly task switching? What can we do to teach our kids the value of focus? It's all about “Meta...
View ArticleDoes Too Much Media Make our Kids Sick?
Media and Health: Bad News, Worse News… or the Worst News Ever?
View ArticleUpdate on e-Books and the Rapid Spread of Technology – It's Happening Fast...
Amazon: More e-books sold than hardbacks!
View ArticleReading on a Kindle or iPad is NOT Reading … So, They Say … Maybe it is Better
Do e-books spell the demise of “real reading? With the rise in electronic books and online reading are we become a world of shallow reading and few deep thoughts? What will happen when print books...
View ArticleAlone Together … Living a Whatever, Wherever, Whenever Lifestyle
Excuse me. Will you put away your iPhone while I am talking to you?
View ArticleIs It Live or Is It Memorex?
When we view the world through a lens, are we missing out on the complete sensory experience?
View ArticleYou Don’t Need a Digital Detox: You Just Need to Learn to Set Limits and...
Just before I left on an eight-day road trip vacation, most often without a cell signal or wifi, I read with interest Matt Haber’s New York Times article entitled, “A Trip to Camp to Break a Tech...
View ArticleKeep Your Brain Healthy in a Tech-Rich Environment
How to stay healthy amidst 24/7/365 technology inundation
View ArticleKeeping Your Family ‘Brain Healthy’ in an Always Connected World
Recently, I delivered a daylong workshop to representatives of international schools at a conference in Mumbai, India, hosted by the American School of Bombay. The conference is called ASB Unplugged...
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