A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention

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by Matt Richtel


  Bernstein, Dan, 199

  Biberstein, Maggie, 165, 168–69

  Bishop, Briana, 13, 159, 182–88, 208, 243

  Bishop, Steve, 183–84, 185

  blood-brain barrier, 195

  Booth, John Wilkes, 172

  brain:

  anterior cingulate cortex, 120, 338

  complex tasks and introduced errors, 66

  and decision making, 33, 219–20, 353–55, 377

  dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, 120

  and drugs, 195, 203

  evolution of, 34, 68

  executive control neurons in, 120

  gray matter in, 33

  hippocampus, 322

  information processed by, 104, 144

  limitations of, 63, 100, 124, 216, 352

  and memory, 120 322–23

  and multitasking, 121–22, 127–28, 144, 145–46, 322–23, 334

  parietal lobe, 119

  and physical environment, 102

  prefrontal cortex, 120, 339, 360

  restoration of, 376–77

  reward areas of, 169–70, 171, 195–96, 217

  and self-deception, 350–53

  speed of mental processing, 66, 120

  structure of, 103, 119

  brain stem, 33

  brain studies, 4, 6

  and addiction, 193–99

  and attention science, 32–35, 105–6, 119–23, 218, 221, 228, 334

  of capacity, 98, 104

  and dopamine, 195–97, 373

  at Sandler Neurosciences Center, 30–31

  and technology, 64, 108–9, 144–46, 193, 216, 277, 376, 383

  tools used in, 31, 120, 122, 271, 334

  and video games, 122, 194–95

  Breathalyzers, 283

  Broadbent, Donald, 99–100, 103, 104

  building on work of, 122, 123, 125

  Brown, Ari, 260–61

  Bryant, Adam, 378

  Bunderson, Jon:

  and court hearings, 263–65, 269, 270, 272–77, 278

  motions filed by, 251–55

  and plea agreement, 287–88, 307–9, 310, 311, 313

  and Reggie’s case, 95–97, 115–16, 160, 180, 188, 201, 208, 236, 238–39, 242, 243–45, 324

  stalling by, 244–45

  see also State v. Reggie Shaw

  California, cell phones and driving, 189–90, 276

  Cammi, (Reggie’s girlfriend), 11, 12, 13, 87, 88, 236, 346

  cell phones:

  development of, 103

  disconnect between attitudes and behaviors, 128, 283–84, 375–76, 380, 383–84

  and driving, 86, 124–26, 127–28, 165, 169, 189–91, 212, 228–29, 267, 271, 276, 282, 283–84, 298, 371, 373, 380–82

  and errors, 125–26

  expanding use of, 5, 126, 190, 283

  i-mode networking standard for, 26

  lobbyists for, 190

  lying about use of, 283

  and multitasking, 86, 125–26, 229

  news apps on, 218–19

  risk analysis of, 25–26, 276–77

  smartphones, 26, 198

  and social connection, 85, 215, 282, 369–70

  teen drivers’ use of, 86

  and texting, 26, 165, 271

  and texting, laws against, 25, 189–91, 212, 282–83

  visual, manual, and cognitive demands of, 126, 217, 229

  central nervous system, 103

  Cherry, Edward Colin, 103

  chocolate cake, and decision studies, 219, 353

  Christakis, Nicholas A., 215

  Christensen, Nate, 330

  Cisco, 373

  Clark, Stephen, 249–50, 295–97, 299, 300–301, 304–5, 332

  Clayton, Elder, 235

  cocaine, 195

  cocktail party effect, 62–63, 69, 103

  cognitive neuroscience, 100

  cognitive psychology, 103, 104

  Common Sense Media, 218

  communications:

  attention controlled by, 108

  and computers, 5, 67–68, 85–86, 103, 141, 143–44, 323

  email, 70, 199

  instant messaging, 85

  networks of, 123

  online journals, 70

  smartphones, 26, 198

  and social connection, see social connection

  telecommunications, 103, 141, 143, 373

  texting, 70

  comorbidities, 197–98

  Computer History Museum, Silicon Valley, 26, 67

  computers:

  and children, 86

  and communications technology, 5, 67–68, 85–86, 103, 141, 143–44, 203, 323

  development of, 4, 65

  evolution of, 67, 141–42

  Moore’s law and Metcalfe’s law, 5, 143–44, 352

  punch cards used in, 67

  concentration, brain studies of, 33

  Counting Crows, 62, 68

  Crabb, Stuart, 374

  Daines, George, 207, 209, 213, 223, 225–26, 227, 230, 233, 265, 267

  Danielson, Byron Lloyd “Danny”:

  abusing his family, 49–54, 72–73, 74–75, 78–80, 343, 351

  drinking, 50, 52, 72–73, 74

  and guns, 49, 50, 54, 73

  and Terryl’s adulthood, 134

  Danielson, Kathie, 49–54, 73, 74–76, 79, 80, 152, 342–43

  Danielson, Kerryl, death of, 50

  Danielson, Michael, 49–54, 73, 75, 80, 134, 152, 343

  Danielson, Mitchell, 51–54, 73, 75, 78–80, 343

  Danielson, Terryl:

  biological father of, 76, 80, 152–53

  and Danny, 49–54, 72–73, 74, 75, 78–80, 347, 351

  escapes for, 74, 75

  jobs held by, 74, 77

  marriage of, see Warner, Terryl

  in school, 76–77, 78

  DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), 141

  decision making:

  and the brain, 33, 219–20, 353–55, 377

  and delay discounting, 166

  Digg (Internet service), 62

  Distracted Driving Summit, 321–24

  distraction:

  attention vs., 35, 69, 70–71, 101, 108, 216–17, 229

  brain studies of, 33

  and driving, 209, 216, 252–53, 274, 282, 284, 285–86, 371–73

  and speed of mental processing, 66–67

  and technology, 103, 371–73

  Ditlow, Clarence, 382

  Donders, Francis Cornelius, 65–67

  building on work of, 98, 101, 102

  Done, Thomas, 153

  dopamine, 195–97, 198, 216, 217–18, 220, 357, 373

  dopamine transporter, 196–97

  Dorius, Christopher Lee, 97

  Dougall, John, 297

  Doyle, Linda, 381

  DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), 193

  EEG (electroencephalography), 31, 120, 271, 359

  email, 70, 199

  England:

  RAF, 99, 101, 103

  World War II in, 98–100

  ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), 143–44

  Ethernet, 143, 149

  Facebook, 70, 199, 373, 374

  faith:

  as evidence of things not seen, 140

  and healing, 348–49

  in technology, 141

  Fernandez, Richard, 374

  fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), 31, 120, 336

  focus:

  brain studies of, 32–35

  and decision making, 219–20

  on goals, 35

  loss of, 204

  possible expansion of, 121–22

  redirection of, 220

  see also attention

  food:

  ease of access to, 214–15, 216

  industrialization of, 214

  and obesity, 217

  Forward, Susan, 347–48, 351

  frontal lobe, 34, 218, 220, 354, 377

  Fung, Jo, 60, 101

  Furfa
ro, Cassidy, 23, 47, 59, 147–48, 256, 364

  Furfaro, Jackie:

  after the accident, 113–14, 129, 147–49, 154, 160, 258, 364–65

  and Gary, 113–14, 256–57, 265

  and Jim, 23, 312

  and Jim’s death, 24, 46–47, 48, 58–59, 257

  and legal case, 209–10, 240, 242, 245, 270, 364

  and plea agreement, 308, 310, 312, 316

  and Terryl, 136, 147, 153, 206, 207, 259

  and World of Warcraft, 113, 148, 256

  Furfaro, James:

  and accident, 16–18, 24, 39

  death of, 17–18, 19, 20, 37, 40, 55, 59, 96, 136, 160, 257, 277, 283, 310, 318

  driving the sedan, 15–16, 23

  at mortuary, 58–59

  Furfaro, Stephanie, 23, 46–48, 59, 129, 147–48, 256, 364

  Galanter, Marc, 348

  galvanometer, 63–64

  gambling addiction, 197, 198

  Ganer, Pat, 77

  Gazzaley, Adam, 30–35

  attention science studies of, 32–35, 101–2, 358–61

  and brain restoration, 376–77

  and cocktail party effect, 62–63

  on distraction, 70–71, 121–22, 372

  First Friday parties of, 31, 35, 60–63, 68–69, 106–8

  and Hart’s brain, 30, 31, 33, 337

  on multitasking, 121, 144, 372

  and Reggie’s brain, 334–39

  and Strayer, 126–28

  on technology and attention, 108–9, 145, 171

  and video games, 284–85, 360

  General Motors, 371

  Generation D (digital), 217–18

  Glauser, Michael, 188

  Google glasses, 68–69, 369

  Gordhamer, Soren, 355

  Gordon, Jacob, 210–13

  GPS, 38

  Grateful Dead, 30

  Greenfield, David, 195–96, 217

  and dopamine, 195, 196, 220

  early years of, 192–93

  and Internet addiction, 171, 192, 193, 194, 196, 199, 285–86, 351

  and video games, 194–95

  Gregoire, Christine, 189

  Gregory, Richard, 102

  GTE Laboratories, 123–24

  Gubeli, Chantel, 88

  Haber, Trisha, 159–60, 182

  Hadlock, Chelsie, 168

  Harold House (rehab), 192–93

  Harris, Neal, 130, 132, 149–50, 152

  Harsha, Barbara, 282, 283, 284, 370, 375, 376

  Hart, Mickey, 30, 31, 33, 71, 337

  Hartman, Woody, 152–53

  Hauser, Patricia Dian, 75

  Hebb, Donald, 103

  Helmholtz, Hermann von, 63–64, 65

  building on work of, 98, 101, 102, 104, 119

  Herbert, Gary, 376

  Hernandez, Paula, 302

  Herzog, Werner, 366

  Higgs, Tom, 39–40, 58

  Hill, Christopher, 381

  Hillyard, Lyle, 111, 157, 248–49, 317

  Hollerith, Herman, 67

  Hollerith tabulator, 67

  honesty, 345–48, 349, 350–53

  Hudson, Tony, 114, 160

  Hugo, Victor, Les Misérables, 241, 306, 316, 324–25

  Huntsman, Jon, 317

  Hussein, Saddam, 123

  IBM (International Business Machines), 67

  immune system, 216

  impulse control disorder, 193–94

  IMS Research, 371

  information:

  attention diverted by, 108, 199, 216

  auditory channels of, 103

  and communications technology, 144

  constant consumption of, 354

  good vs. bad news, 171

  interactive, 70, 216, 217

  learning and memory, 353–54

  oversaturation with, 70, 120, 144, 219, 339, 353

  processing of, 69–70, 104, 120, 123

  social lure of, 215

  value of, 166–71

  visual stimulation of, 121

  worthless, 198, 199, 216

  intelligent design, scientific validity of, 139–40

  Internet:

  addiction to, 168, 192–94, 196–99, 285–86, 351

  birth of, 141

  and dopamine, 196–97

  expansion of, 85, 143

  multiple options on, 68

  and reduced attention span, 218

  and smartphones, 26, 198

  variability in, 199

  voice-activated systems, 371

  iPhones, 143–44, 370, 371

  James, Henry, 34

  James, William, 34

  Jobs, Steve, 341

  John Paul II, Pope, 37

  Johnson, Terry, 265

  Jorgensen, Theodore, 164

  Kaiser Family Foundation, 85, 259

  Kaiserman, John:

  and accident, 16–17, 55–56

  and court hearings, 311–12

  in Ford F-250 and trailer, 14–15, 16

  and Reggie’s erratic driving, 15, 20, 56

  as witness to accident, 19, 20, 39, 81, 82, 163, 207, 213, 251–52

  Kimbrough, Scott, 264

  LaHood, Ray, 321, 323, 331

  language, and the brain, 33

  Lasley, David, 94, 186, 239

  LDS, see Mormon Church

  Leavitt, Michael, 236

  Lieberman, Daniel E., 216

  Lightner, Candy, 281

  Lightner, Cari, 281

  Lincoln, Abraham, 172, 241

  Linton, Don, 226–34

  abused by LDS churchgoer, 231–32, 346–47, 349–50, 351

  and court hearings, 263–64, 269–73, 277

  early years of, 230–33

  leaving a mission, 232–33

  and plea agreement, 307, 308, 311, 313–14, 316

  and Reggie’s case, 233–34, 240, 253, 254, 349; see also State v. Reggie Shaw

  Linton, Kathleen, 232

  Localytics, 218

  Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” 255

  love, unconditional, 349

  Lucas, George, 284

  LucasArts, 284

  Mackworth, Alan, 99

  Mackworth, Norman Humphrey “Mack,” 99, 100, 103

  Mackworth Clock, 100–101

  MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), 281, 282, 284, 331

  Madsen, Greg, 158, 159

  magic, 71, 101, 106–8

  magnetic force, 63

  Maloney, Gary, 113–14, 256–57, 265

  Mandel, Mark and Millie, 74, 77

  Mario Kart (video game), 84

  Mark, Gloria, 70, 170

  Martin, Patrick, 71, 101, 106–8

  media, distraction of, 86, 148–49

  memory, working, 120

  mental chronometry, 119

  mental processing, speed of, 66

  Merrell, Rod, 265

  Metcalfe, Robert, 143

  Metcalfe’s law, 5, 143–44, 150, 352

  Metric (band), 60

  Meyer, David E., 323

  Miller, Dallas, 44, 83, 87, 159

  Miller, Earl, 360

  mobile phones, see cell phones

  monkeys, studies of, 120–21

  Montoya, Ronald, 372

  Moore’s law, 5, 143, 144, 352

  Moray, Neville, 105

  Morgan, President, 235–36

  Mormon Church:

  abuse by members of, 132–33, 231–32, 346–47, 349–50, 351

  bishops in, 94, 132

  Book of Mormon, 179

  Counsel of the Seventy, 235, 265

  Counsel of the Twelve, 265

  Mission Training Center, 11, 41, 188, 200–201, 232

  and moral authority, 348

  Reggie’s failed first mission for, 11–13

  and Reggie’s possible third mission attempt, 265

  and Reggie’s reputation, 230

  and Reggie’s second mission attempt, 179–80, 235–36

  Morse, Samuel F. B., 64–65

  MRI, 1
, 2, 6, 120, 336

  Mulkey, Lauren, 164, 301, 380

  multitasking:

  and addiction, 145–46

  and brain, 121–22, 127–28, 144, 145–46, 322–23, 334

  and cell phone studies, 125–26, 165, 229

  disconnect between attitudes and behaviors, 128, 283–84, 293, 351, 375–76, 378, 380, 383–84

  and distracted driving, 127, 369–73

  and media explosion, 86

  supertaskers, 356–57

  and video games, 381

  Nass, Clifford, 127, 144

  National Basketball Association (NBA), 326, 330, 367

  National Safety Council, 282

  Nationwide Insurance, 86, 282

  nature, restorative value of, 354

  neural conduction time, 64

  neurochemicals, 215

  neuroeconomics, 166, 170

  neuroimaging, 128

  neuroscience, 100, 122, 222, 286, 348, 355, 376

  neurotransmitters, 195

  Nintendo Entertainment System, 84

  NTT DoCoMo, 26

  Obama, Barack, 323

  Oda, Curtis, 295

  O’Dell, Keith:

  and accident, 16–18, 39

  at ATK Systems, 21, 22, 39–40, 58, 258

  death of, 17–18, 19, 20, 37, 40, 55–56, 96, 136, 154, 160, 241, 259, 277, 282–83, 310, 318

  funeral of, 57

  and Leila, 21–22

  riding with Jim, 15–16

  O’Dell, Leila:

  after the accident, 111–13, 153, 154, 156–57, 160, 181, 206, 258–59, 265

  and Keith, 21–22, 313

  and Keith’s death, 22–23, 56–58, 259, 365

  and legal case, 209–10, 240–42, 245, 258, 270

  O’Dell, Megan, 22, 258, 326, 365

  and court hearings, 240–41, 242, 308, 310

  and her father, 21, 57, 312–13, 328

  and her father’s death, 56–58, 153

  marriage of, 153–54

  as teenager, 57–58

  Olsen, Herm, 111–12, 156, 157

  Olsen, Stan, 115–16, 182, 184, 186

  Oprah, 326

  Oufkir, Malika, 261

  Park, Lisa, 44, 88–89

  Park, Van, 40–41, 44–45, 88, 158, 159

  Pasternak, Boris, 105

  PET (positron emission tomography) scans, 120, 195, 196

  Peterson, Eldon, 186

  Pew Research Center, 218

  phonautograph, 65–66

  Posner, Michael I., 64, 66, 119, 122

  Attention in a Social World, 120

  Potenza, Marc, 194, 217

  printing press, social impact of, 216

  Psychonomic Society, 126

  PVG (problematic video gaming), 197

  raclopride, 195

  radio, 4, 6

  Ray, Paul, 297

  reaction time, studies of, 33, 63–64, 65–66, 104, 119, 120

  religion, and healing, 348–49

  Rich, Michael, 218

  Rideout, Vicky, 260

  Rindlisbacher, Allison, 55

  Rindlisbacher, Bart:

  and accident, 18–20, 55–56, 208

  and court case, 266, 314

 

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