New : understanding our need for novelty and change / Winifred Gallagher.

By:

Gallagher, Winifred

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2013.Description: 259 pages ; 21 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780143123743
0143123742

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BF 637 G162n 2013

Contents:

Introduction : what's new? pt. I. Neophilia and us 1. How we became who we are 2. Surprise detector 3. approach, avoid, or maybe pt. II. Neophilia and you 4. You meet new 5. The alchemy of anticipation 6. Novelty and nurture 7. Culture, curiosity, and boredom 8. The ever-new frontier pt. III. Neophilia today 9. The really New Age 10. Novelty machines : for better and worse 11. Caution ahead : silly, unfocused, and hooked? 12. Navigating with neophilia

Summary: "Follow a crawling baby around and you'll see that right from the beginning, nothing excites us more than something new and different. Our unique human brains are biologically primed to engage with and even generate novelty. This 'neophilia' has enabled us to thrive in a world of cataclysmic change, but now we confront an unprecedented deluge of new things - one that shows no sign of slowing. In New acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallagher, using cutting-edge research and interviews with countless experts, shows us how we can use our adaptive gift to navigate more skillfully through our rapidly changing world by focusing on the new things that really matter." -- back cover

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : what's new?
pt. I. Neophilia and us
1. How we became who we are
2. Surprise detector
3. approach, avoid, or maybe
pt. II. Neophilia and you
4. You meet new
5. The alchemy of anticipation
6. Novelty and nurture
7. Culture, curiosity, and boredom
8. The ever-new frontier
pt. III. Neophilia today
9. The really New Age
10. Novelty machines : for better and worse
11. Caution ahead : silly, unfocused, and hooked?
12. Navigating with neophilia

"Follow a crawling baby around and you'll see that right from the beginning, nothing excites us more than something new and different. Our unique human brains are biologically primed to engage with and even generate novelty. This 'neophilia' has enabled us to thrive in a world of cataclysmic change, but now we confront an unprecedented deluge of new things - one that shows no sign of slowing. In New acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallagher, using cutting-edge research and interviews with countless experts, shows us how we can use our adaptive gift to navigate more skillfully through our rapidly changing world by focusing on the new things that really matter." -- back cover

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