Has Technology Changed Us?

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In Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark on Our Brains, neuroscientist Susan Greenfield brings together a range of scientific studies, news events, and cultural criticism to create an incisive snapshot of “the global now.”

Disputing the assumption that our technologies are harmless tools, Greenfield explores whether incessant exposure to social media sites, search engines, and videogames is capable of rewiring our brains, and wheth...