{"product_id":"your-stone-age-brain-in-the-screen-age-coping-with-digital-distraction-and-sensory-overload-9780262057264","title":"Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age: Coping with Digital Distraction and Sensory Overload","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning neurologist on the Stone-Age roots of our screen addictions, and what to do about them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe human brain hasn't changed much since the Stone Age, let alone in the mere thirty years of the Screen Age. That's why, according to neurologist Richard Cytowic--who, Oliver Sacks observed, \"changed the way we think of the human brain\"--our brains are so poorly equipped to resist the incursions of Big Tech: They are programmed for the wildly different needs of a prehistoric world. In \u003ci\u003eYour Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age\u003c\/i\u003e, Cytowic explains exactly how this programming works--from the brain's point of view. What he reveals in this book shows why we are easily addicted to screen devices; why young, developing brains are particularly vulnerable; why we need silence; and what we can do to push back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the engaging storytelling style of his popular TED Talk, Cytowic draws an easily comprehensible picture of the Stone Age brain's workings--the function of neurotransmitters like dopamine in basic instincts for survival such as desire and reward; the role of comparison in emotion, and emotion in competition; and, most significantly, the orienting reflex, one of the unconscious circuits that automatically focus, shift, and sustain attention. Given this picture, the nature of our susceptibility to digital devices becomes clear, along with the possibility of how to break their spell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of practical actions that we can start taking right away, \u003ci\u003eYour Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age\u003c\/i\u003e offers compelling evidence that we can change the way we use technology, resist its addictive power over us, and take back the control we have lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16601713\"\u003eRichard E. Cytowic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.67h x 5.76w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262057264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262057263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-COM\"\u003eComputers\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-COM060140\"\u003eInternet | Social Media\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PSY\"\u003ePsychology\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PSY031000\"\u003eSocial Psychology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI089000\"\u003eLife Sciences | Neuroscience\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard E. Cytowic, a pioneering researcher in synesthesia, is Professor of Neurology at George Washington University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSynesthesia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Tasted Shapes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Neurological Side of Neuropsychology, \u003c\/i\u003eand, with David M. Eagleman, the Montaigne Medal-winner \u003ci\u003eWednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the MIT Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55687605256491,"sku":"9780262057264","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0884\/7966\/2379\/files\/9780262057264.jpg?v=1790355901","url":"https:\/\/www.txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/your-stone-age-brain-in-the-screen-age-coping-with-digital-distraction-and-sensory-overload-9780262057264","provider":"TX CorrectionsBookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}