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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 19
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Can artificial intelligence (AI) help us realize our fullest creative potential in the future, or will it become a hinderance we nevertheless can't live without? Learn about the many ways in which AI might help us become more creative than ever before. How could we harness the strength of machines to enhance our creativity, a trait we often consider one of our most revered human characteristics?
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 5
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Recommendations, whether from a real person or an algorithm, have an enormous influence on our behaviors. Consider how much of your digital content (e.g., social media, books, movies, political ads) is determined by an algorithm that might or might not have goals aligned with your own. Recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of these algorithms will help you make more informed choices.
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 7
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Does increased screen time enrich or impoverish children's environments and how are their emotions influenced by digital media? You might be surprised to learn that "it depends," just like almost every other aspect of parenting. Explore the many factors scientists are studying to help answer these crucial questions.
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 15
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Examine the potential differences between relationships that begin through online dating services versus those that begin more traditionally. Discover which neurological processes we use in making our choices, whether a new car, new house, or a mate. How can we make sure we assess potential mates with careful deliberation if we use an online service?
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Counting With Paula volume 21
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Paula has a fun new toy – a snake-shaped puzzle with lots of different shapes to be fitted in. But one of the pieces has gone missing. Paula and friends go to the Toy Factory to find a replacement. They encounter a robot with many mechanical arms and learn about different shapes, colors and patterns.
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Same great Brainy Baby subject, but translated in 100% Spanish. Children love Brainy Baby®'s! Parents tell us their children love to watch them again and again - learning something new each time! Interactive Infant Early Learning features Live-Action and real children while using familiar objects to help make fast learning connections. enhances RIGHT BRAIN development exposing children to Classical Music, Gentle Voices while exploring Creative Thinking,...
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Barney and Friends volume 4
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Riff loses his medal and Barney proves he can have fun without it. Barney and his friends create a "life-sized" rainbow for Baby Bop.
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Hands on Crafts for Kids volume 8
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We're exploring shapes today. Shape is what gives an object its form - they can be geometric like squares or triangles - or a shape can be anamorphic or free form. We begin with a Japanese printing technique called gyotaka to make fish shaped prints. Then, we're making a homemade hula hoop. The next page of our art journal is using the shape of your fingerprint to create faces to express your mood. Finally, mix and match shapes to create monster cubes....
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 10
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Have you ever used a search engine for medical advice? If so, you're certainly not alone. But how often does that search result in more harm than help? Consider the many ways in which technology has impacted the practice of medicine and the doctor-patient relationship, and the moral dilemmas that have resulted.
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 23
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What skills for success will the next generation need in a society with automation and robots as commonplace in the home as in the factory? Should everyone learn coding to prepare for work? Discover why many scientists discourage that outlook and why they believe an age of robots might help us learn more about ourselves than ever before.
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 22
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The metaphors we use when talking about the brain can limit our ability to think "outside the box" and perceive the real workings of the brain in all its complexity. Consider the many ways in which the computer metaphor, although popular, is a poor match for the human brain, and what scientists might miss by continuing to use it.
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 2
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Teachers claim that students' attention spans have drastically changed because technology is eroding their ability to focus. But what about adults? Explore the impact of technology on our own ability to perform "deep work" and whether or not multitasking is even a neurological possibility.
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 20
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No one deliberately taught you how to speak. After hearing and processing millions of words over many months (and with a brain that is wired for speech) you started talking. Dive into the world of machine learning to discover whether or not machines can teach themselves, the way we do, and what the implications might be both for machines and for ourselves.
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 18
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In the digital age, who decides which art is of the best quality? Or rather, who builds the algorithms that decide? In a time of almost infinite choices, is there greater or lesser opportunity for unknown artists to put their work out there? And how has technology affected the artist's ability to learn deliberatively and experiment with all options?
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 14
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Studies have shown that the use of Facebook (more than 1 billion users worldwide) often results in increased feelings of sadness, jealousy, and envy. Explore the neurological basis of our social interactions, where we focus our attention and why, how we make choices, and what is required for humans to maintain stable relationships. How do those factors interact with our social media usage?
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How the States Got Their Shapes volume 10
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We all live in the same country, so why do we sound do different? It's a matter of where you are on the map. Why didn't the southern accent exist until after the Civil War? How did California athletes end up coining so many new words?
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How the States Got Their Shapes volume 9
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Will rivalries within our states break them into pieces? Cultures compete against each other all over the map. In extreme cases, they can divide states in two.
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 13
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Examine the privacy paradox, our increasingly lax attitude toward our own privacy and its many implications for our future. How often do you unwittingly sell your privacy for a store discount, a few more social media "likes," or the convenience of choosing specific amenities at a vacation spot? Learn about the complex relationship between privacy and trust in the digital age.
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 3
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While our brain circuitry evolved to support speech, reading is not an innate, passively acquired skill. Instead, the connections in our brains are shaped and reinforced as we learn to read. Compare the neurological difference between reading on the internet and reading a physical book, and understand why we need to ensure that the next generations acquire the skill of "deep reading."
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How Digital Technology Shapes Us volume 12
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Learn how big data is changing scientific research and deepening our view of ourselves and the world around us. But does the ability to process previously unimaginable amounts of data and jump from one finding to the next really help us understand the relationships between variables? What risks might we be taking without realizing it?