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
