- neurobiology, human perception, computers, Physiological effect
Examines the influences computer-delivered information may have on human cognition using Marshall McLuhan as the hook, the history of communication as the trajectory, and brain science as the tool.
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- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Nicholas G. Carr
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 290
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company, W.W. Norton, Atlantic Books
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780393358001
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Nicholas Carr (b. 1959) is an American journalist. He has written for the New York Times, Atlantic, New Republic, Wired, and other periodicals. He lives in Colorado.
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