Carr, Nicholas G., 1959-
The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains / Nicholas Carr. - Norton paperback [edition]. - viii, 280 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-260) and index.
Prologue: The watchdog and the thief -- Hal and me -- The vital parts -- On what the brain thinks about when it thinks about itself -- Tools of the mind -- The deepening page -- On Lee de Forest and his amazing audion -- A medium of the most general nature -- The very image of a book -- The juggler's brain -- On the buoyancy of IQ scores -- The church of Google -- Search, memory -- On the writing of this book -- A thing like me -- Human elements.
Discusses the intellectual and cultural consequences of the Internet, and how it may be transforming our neural pathways for the worse.
Finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
9780393339758 0393339750
2012392263
Neuropsychology.
Internet--Physiological effect.
Internet--Psychological aspects.
Internet.
Psychologie.
Effets sur la santé.
Aspects psychologiques.
Conséquences sociales.
Brain.
Internet--Physiological effect.
Internet--Psychological aspects.
QP360 / .C3667 2011
612.8
The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains / Nicholas Carr. - Norton paperback [edition]. - viii, 280 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-260) and index.
Prologue: The watchdog and the thief -- Hal and me -- The vital parts -- On what the brain thinks about when it thinks about itself -- Tools of the mind -- The deepening page -- On Lee de Forest and his amazing audion -- A medium of the most general nature -- The very image of a book -- The juggler's brain -- On the buoyancy of IQ scores -- The church of Google -- Search, memory -- On the writing of this book -- A thing like me -- Human elements.
Discusses the intellectual and cultural consequences of the Internet, and how it may be transforming our neural pathways for the worse.
Finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
9780393339758 0393339750
2012392263
Neuropsychology.
Internet--Physiological effect.
Internet--Psychological aspects.
Internet.
Psychologie.
Effets sur la santé.
Aspects psychologiques.
Conséquences sociales.
Brain.
Internet--Physiological effect.
Internet--Psychological aspects.
QP360 / .C3667 2011
612.8