Experiments of the Mind : : From the Cognitive Psychology Lab to the World of Facebook and Twitter / / Emily Martin.

An inside view of the experimental practices of cognitive psychology—and their influence on the addictive nature of social mediaExperimental cognitive psychology research is a hidden force in our online lives. We engage with it, often unknowingly, whenever we download a health app, complete a Facebo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 37 b/w illus. 1 table.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Dramatis Personae
  • Introduction
  • My Research Questions
  • The Deep Penetration of Experimental Psychology into Daily Life
  • Invidious Practices
  • Road Map
  • 1 Doing This Ethnography
  • 2 Sensing the World
  • 3 Experimenting Scientifically
  • 4 Normalizing Data
  • 5 Delimiting Technologies
  • 6 Stabilizing Subjects
  • 7 Gazing Technologically
  • 8 Practicing Experimental Tasks
  • 9 Envisaging “Productive Thinking”
  • 10 Moving beyond the Lab
  • 11 Entering Social and Digital Media
  • Notes
  • References Cited
  • Index