Title: Cognitive technology : essays on the transformation of thought and society /
Authors: Walker, W. Richard.; Herrmann, Douglas J.
Publisher: McFarland,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Human-computer interaction.; Cognition.; Artificial intelligence.
Abstract: "This collection of 11 essays on cognitive technology examines the interaction between the human mind and the tools people create to enhance it, studying which technologies assist cognition the most and what features are most effective. It also considers the point at which the technological enhancement of human ability begins to be a restriction of it." "Topics include the distracting characteristics of new technologies, the study of mass media through assessing memories for media experiences, the media's role in advancing gender and racial prejudices, and the misuse of cognitive technology through identity theft and cyberterrorism. Each essay concludes with a bibliography."--Jacket.
Contents: The potential of cognitive technology / Douglas J. Herrmann -- Training college students to use personal data assistants / W. Richard Walker and Reggie Y. Andrews -- Remembering what to do : using conventional and technology-based aids to facilitate self-reported and actual prospective memory / Carol Y. Yoder and Douglas J. Herrmann -- Why do cell phone conversations interfere with driving? / David L. Strayer, Frank A. Drews, Dennis J. Crouch, and William A. Johnston -- Intrusive technology : bartering and stealing consumer attention / Brad J. Sagarin, M. Anne Britt, Jeremy D. Heider, Sarah E. Wood, and Joel E. Lynch -- Social identity and the self : getting connected online / Katelyn Y.A. Mckenna and Gwendolyn Seidman -- Decision making and group dynamics in the virtual office / Rodney J. Vogl, Chanda Simkin, and Sandra D. Nicks -- What we remember from television and movies : using autobiographical memory to study mass media / Richard Jackson Harris, Jennifer M. Bonds-Raacke, and Elizabeth T. Cady -- Minorities as marginalized heroes and prominent villains in the mass media : music, news, sports, television, and movies / Jeýrey A. Gibbons, Cheryl Taylor, and Janet Phillips -- Digital dangers : identity theft and cyberterrorism / Stephen Truhon and W. Richard Walker -- Cognitive psychologists and human-technical systems : should we choose the red pill? / Francis T. Durso and Catherine F. Hall.