Alter, Adam L.
Summary: Why are people named Kim, Kelly, and Ken more likely to donate to Hurricane Katrina victims than to Hurricane Rita victims? Are you really more likely to solve puzzles if you watch a light bulb illuminate? How did installing blue lights along a Japanese railway line halt rising crime and suicide rates? Can decorating your walls with the right artwork make you more honest? The human brain is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: "An urgent and expert investigation into behavioral addiction, the dark flipside of today's unavoidable digital technologies, and how we can turn the tide to regain control. Behavioral addiction may prove to be one of the most important fields of social,medical, and psychological research in our lifetime. The idea that behaviors can be being addictive is new, but the threat is near universal....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017