Snorkeling ’the shallows’: what’s the cognitive trade-off in internet behavior?
I am quite eager to comment on the recent explosion of e-commentary regarding Nicolas Carr’s new book. Bloggers have already done an excellent job summarizing the response to Carr’s argument. Further,...
View ArticleGoogle Wave for Scholarly Co-authorship: excerpt from Neuroplasticity and...
Gary Williams and I are working together on a paper investigating the consciousness and neuroplasticity. We’re using Google wave for this collaboration, and I must say it is an excellent co-authorship...
View ArticleMy response to Carr and Pinker on Media Plasticity
Our ongoing discussion regarding the moral panic surrounding Nicolas Carr’s book The Shallows continues over at Carr’s blog today, with his recent response to Pinker’s slamming the book. I maintain...
View ArticleForthcoming: this is your brain on WoW
Thanks to philosopher and cognitive scientist Evan Thompson for sharing a project that was accepted today in Cerebral Cortex. I’m sure we can expect to see this one get reported all over as soon as the...
View ArticleShort post: why I share (and share often)
If you follow my social media activities I am sure by now that you know me as a compulsive share-addict. Over the past four years I have gradually increased both the amount of incoming and outgoing...
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