1 MEDIA MATTERS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. PART I—WIRED: Connected Brains
5. 1 MEDIA MATTERS 9
6. 2 THE POWER OF THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX 25
7. 3 WIRED TO CONNECT 36
8. PART II — REWIRED: Assaulted Brains
9. 4 EARLY CHILDHOOD, INTERRUPTED 47
10. 5 TWEENS, TEENS, AND TECH 77
11. 6 ADULTS, THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES 100
12. 7 IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH 131
13. PART III — BEYOND WIRED: Better Brains
14. 8 FIRST, RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM 161
15. 9 TEN RULES FOR A HEALTHY TECH-LIFE BALANCE 172
16. 10 IS THERE HOPE? 211
17. NOTES 221
18. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 259
19. INDEX 263