“A machine with a doll face mimics images on television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future.” Video created by Andrew Huang.
Sometimes things just seem to happen all at the right moment.
Categories: anthropology, psychology, technology
Tagged: freedom, marcuse, power, sociology, technology
Great discussion on the (un)reality of multitasking and how our uses of new media might be affecting our ability to concentrate even when we aren’t plugged in. Rebecca Roberts speaks with Lee Rainie, Founding Director of Pew Internet & American Life Project, and Clifford Nass, Stanford Professor and Founder and Director of the Communication between [...]
Categories: psychology, technology
Tagged: cognition, multitasking, new media, psychology, technology
Came across an interesting report via MindHacks on the different conceptions of happiness between East Asians and European-Americans. I’m always happy to see research that closely and thoughtfully considers the impact of culture on pretty much any behavior or concept often taken as universal. As an anthropology and psychology student I always approached psychological research [...]
Categories: anthropology, psychology
Tagged: anthropology, culture, emotion, psychology, research