生活在一个数字分心的时代已经对我们的大脑造成了巨大的破坏，但我们可以做很多事情来恢复我们的技术-生活平衡。
我们生活在一个永远存在的世界里，每个人都是相互联系的。但我们感到越来越疏远。为什么？答案在于我们的大脑。社会和消费者神经科学领域的领先专家卡尔·D·马奇医学博士回顾了越来越多的证据，表明过度使用智能手机和社交媒体正在重新连接我们的大脑，导致一个失败的交易：我们忽视了维系我们和保持我们健康的关系，而倾向于更脆弱、更短暂的关系。
连接和形成强大社会纽带的能力是人类经验的基础，是通过我们大脑中的独特结构产生的。但是，越来越强大的技术和无处不在的媒体访问，已经扼杀了我们与他人建立亲密情感联系的需求。点击“喜欢”和向右滑动的快速高点过度刺激了与社交关系相关的神经奖励中心。伴随着我们的数字生活方式而来的习惯给大脑中与注意力、情绪和记忆相关的关键部分带来了巨大的压力，改变了我们处理信息的方式，改变了我们沟通和联系的方式，甚至在生理水平上也是如此。
作为一名在数字技术影响研究前沿工作的精神病医生，Marci近距离观察了这一转变，并制定了一系列应对措施。Rewired为每个想要恢复科技生活平衡的人提供了科学支持的解决方案，从担心孩子接触互联网的父母到处理大量电子邮件和管理24/7可用性预期的压力重重的员工。
Rewired : Protecting Your Brain in the Digital Age
Living in an age of digital distraction has wreaked havoc on our brains—but there’s much we can do to restore our tech–life balance.
We live in a world that is always on, where everyone is always connected. But we feel increasingly disconnected. Why? The answer lies in our brains. Carl D. Marci, MD, a leading expert on social and consumer neuroscience, reviews the mounting evidence that overuse of smart phones and social media is rewiring our brains, resulting in a losing deal: we are neglecting the relationships that sustain us and keep us healthy in favor of weaker and more ephemeral ties.
The ability to connect and form strong social bonds is fundamental to human experience and emerged through unique structures in our brains. But ever-more-powerful technologies and ubiquitous access to media have hijacked our need to connect intimately and emotionally with others. The quick highs of clicking “like” and swiping right overstimulate the same neurological reward centers associated with social relationships. The habits that accompany our digital lifestyles are putting tremendous pressure on critical components of the brain associated with attention, emotion, and memory, changing how we process information and altering how we communicate and relate, even at a physiological level.
As a psychiatrist working at the forefront of research on the impact of digital technology, Marci has seen this transformation up close and developed a range of responses. Rewired provides scientifically supported solutions for everyone who wants to restore their tech–life balance—from parents concerned about their children’s exposure to the internet to stressed workers dealing with the deluge of emails and managing the expectation of 24/7 availability.
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