i-Minds - 2nd edition , livre ebook

Advance Praise for i-Minds 2.0
A syndemic plagues our world: the burgeoning of childhood developmental problems and the malignant proliferation of digital technology. Mari Swingle analyzes the problem with vision and compassion, offering clear guidance to its healthy resolution on both the personal and social levels.
- Gabor Mat
I use iMinds every day in my integrative neuroscience practice - to teach, to illustrate, and to prescribe life changes for improved neurological health. It is a call to arms to wake up from our complacency and blind acceptance of what has become a world-wide health problem - the emerging negative influences of digital and electronic media, high-energy visible light (HEV), and electromagnetic frequencies (EMF).
- Robert P. Turner, MD, MSCR, QEEGD, BCN, Network Neurology, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Neurology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Palmetto Health Richland Children s Hospital, Columbia, SC
The issues are pervasive and getting worse. This is a must read and study book for all clinicians in the health sciences and the subject should become a compulsory subject to study in terms of continuous medical and psychological education.
- Gabriel E. Sella, MD, BSc, MSc, MPH, PhD (HC)
With new sections on eSports, incels, AI and politics, Swingle s analyses are even more startling and counter-intuitive than the first edition. This should be required reading for every parent, every spouse, and anyone who plans on being able to function and have satisfying relationships in a society that is pushing us even further away from nature and each other and deeper into the addictive dependence on screens that is at the core of our alienation from ourselves.
- Jon Cooksey, writer and director, How to Boil a Frog
From sex to snapchat, Dr. Swingle uses the latest data to uncover why we humans both love and abuse technology, and most importantly, she is not interested in panicking people into action. Instead, by thoughtfully analyzing technology from numerous viewpoints - governance and politics, privacy issues, sex and sexuality, and a comprehensive look at the problems of even defining tech addictions, to name a few - Dr. Swingle creates a true call to action for our children.
- Meghan Leahy, parent coach and Washington Post columnist
If you wonder what is happening to your children who spend their hours looking at a small screen instead of exploring nature, i-Minds , second edition, is a must read. Dr. Swingle explores how in many cases these devices are an evolutionary trap that captures and redirects our biological response patterns that evolved over millions of years to allow us to survive and thrive. A process that occurs without awareness. Dr. Swingle brilliantly analysis the effects of i-technology, explores how to mitigate its harm, and how to use it responsibly. It is a book every parent and educator must read.
- Erik Peper, PhD, BCB, Professor, San Francisco State University
Dr. Swingle s book is eye-opening, and I think anyone who has their phone within an arm s length from them right now would agree. Her explanations and examples of psychological concepts are clear and fascinating, even if you have no biology background. Though in many ways this book feels like a warning for digital natives like myself who might be constantly interacting with technology, I appreciate Dr. Swingle s lessons on digital addiction and the brain. I could see myself reading it several more times, and see it informing the way I raise my future kids when it comes to i-tech.
- Eleanor Greene, editor, Green American magazine
In an age of distraction and dysfunction, Dr. Swingle provides us with plenty of good reasons for why we need to disconnect, focus on the present and spend more quality time with family, friends, and others.
- David Peck, Face2Face Podcast Host
In her neuropsychosocial tour de force of the impact of i-technology on the brain and development, Dr. Swingle explains why some of us are more prone than others to swipe and then fall down the rabbit hole of digital media addiction, and the neurological, developmental, and social consequences that can follow. Thankfully, Dr. Swingle also provides a wealth of recommendations for parents and healthcare professionals who are interested in helping children, adolescents, and others temper their use of digital devices, and how to recover from the effects of overuse. This much-needed and rigorous work has been well-received by students in my Psychology of Social Media course.
- Chris Bjornsen, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Director, International Studies Program, Longwood University, Virginia
The evidence and research is clear. This is must-read for anyone wanting to have the complete picture of how constant connectivity and screen overdosing is impacting our brains, especially the child s developing brain. This is vital and practical information, moving us toward integration of screens and modern technology, as well as towards an overall healthier, nicer, more caring, and more alive future.
- Hyahno Moser, Program Manager, Nature Play, Queensland, Australia
I often get asked: what effect does the Internet etc. have on my child s injured brain. The answer is I refer them to Dr. Swingle s work. Here in layman s language are the current issues discussed, explored and the consequences of the behaviors laid out. Dr. Swingle s work is years ahead of its time, which is unfortunate as more people need to read and follow the advice she lays out in her book. I highly recommend it to all my patients.
- Stuart Donaldson, PhD
Parents: don t be fooled by Dr. Swingle s homespun stories and easy explanations. Not only has she been taking neural data and making scientific sense of digital addictions a decade before almost anyone, but also helping rescue children all those years. i-Minds is the best book yet to help you understand your kids digital impulses, and your own role in guiding them.
- Dr. William Softky, neurophysicist, co-author, Sensory Metrics of Neuromechanical Trust

Copyright 2019 by Mari K. Swingle.
All rights reserved.
First edition 2016 Mari K. Swingle
Digital composite: Diane McIntosh.
Cover images: iStock - background: 865443888, tablet: 656744914, brain circuitry: 484459210
Printed in Canada. First printing April 2019.
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Title: i-Minds : how and why constant connectivity is rewiring our brains and what to do about it / by Mari K. Swingle.
Names: Swingle, Mari K., author.
Description: Second edition. | Previously published under title: i-Minds: how cell phones, computers, gaming, and social media are changing our brains, our behavior, and the evolution of our species. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20190061839 | Canadiana (ebook) 20190061847 | ISBN 9780865719019 (softcover) | ISBN 9781550926941 ( PDF ) | ISBN 9781771422901 ( EPUB )
Subjects: LCSH : Technology - Social aspects. | LCSH : Technology - Physiological aspects. | LCSH : Brain. | LCSH : Human behavior. | LCSH : Human evolution.
Classification: LCC T 14.5 . S 95 2019 | DDC 303.48/3 - dc23

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Janus s Ladder
by Bertil Vallien, Swedish sculptor and glass artist.
www.bertilvallien.se , www.vidamuseum.com
Reproduction permission generously granted by the artist.
Photograph by Christian Cederroth.
Janus in Roman Mythology is the God of beginnings and transition. Janus has two faces as he looks equally to the future as to the past.
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: How and Why
1. The Shift
2. Technological Integration Versus Technological Interference
3. The Pull
4. The Power of Sound: History and Biology
5. The Biological Science - What s Really Going on in Our Brains?
6. Boxed In - Anxiety in the Masses
7. From Digital Natives to i-Kids
8. The Story of Alpha
9. The Narrowing of Minds
Part 2: Process and Development
10. Of Systems and Process
11. Back to Biology: Epigenetics and Vestibular Regulation
12. From i-Kids to i-Brains
13. Learning, Play, and Parenting - Conflicting Needs in a Busy, Busy World
14. Socialization - Child s Play
Part 3: Education, Games, Power, and Politics
15. The Good, the Bad, and the Neutral
16. Of Games and Gaming
17. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Esports and the Business of Gaming
18. Beyond Illusions - Spatial Planning, Arbitrary Learning, and Geolocation Skills
19. Breaking the Trance
20. i-Tech and Healthcare - To Care or i-Care
Part 4: Trust, Governance, and the Attention Ecconomy
21. i-Trust and i-Privacy - Social, Economic, and Political Manipulation
22. Governance Part One - Self-Governance and the Rise of the Attention Economy
23. Governance Part Two - Crossing the Floor and the Perils of Protection
24. The Attention Economy
25. Governance and Safety - Electromagnetic Explorations
Part 5: The Interpersonal
26. Community, Communication, Digital Mediation, and Friendship
27. Sex and Sexuality Part A - Adult Play
28. Sex an