news 28 Posted April 22, 2011 You might be interested in my latest Psychology of Technology post: Psychology of Technology: Caught in the 'Net *Teaser: *With that said, a recent international study<http://theworldunplugged.wordpress.com/> (more than 1000 students from ten countries across five continents) that asked students to disconnect from technology for 24 hours revealed results and insights that were startling, disturbing, sobering, and just a little bit hopeful. Just to give you a little taste of the findings, the adjectives most frequently associated with this period of disconnection were addiction, failure, boredom, confusion, distress, loneliness, anxiety, and depression; not one feel-good descriptor in the bunch. Click here: http://bit.ly/erqazp And check out my other Psychology of Technology writing: http://drjimtaylor.com/blog/archives/technology/ If you would prefer not to receive these emails, please respond back with an OPT OUT. As always, thanks for the consideration and interest. ____________________________ Jim Taylor, Ph.D. office & mobile: 415.322.8425 fax: 415.461.9930 email: jim ( -at -) drjimtaylor.com web site: drjimtaylor.com <http://www.drjimtaylor.com> <http://www.drjimtaylor.com>skype: drjim-sf facebook: Dr. Jim Taylor <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=787508523> twitter: DrJimTaylor <http://twitter.com/search?q=DrJimTaylor> youtube: JimTaylorPhD<http://www.youtube.com/user/JimTaylorPhD#p/u/0/HC5D82TnQxY> Share this post Link to post