New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change

Type

Book

Authors

Gallagher, Winifred

ISBN 10

0143123742

ISBN 13

9780143123743

Tags

Personal Transformation, change, psychology, Psychological aspects, interactions, social psychology

Description

"Follow a crawling baby around and you'll see that right from the beginning, nothing excites us more than something new and different. Our unique human brains are biologically primed to engage with and even generate novelty. This 'neophilia' has enabled us to thrive in a world of cataclysmic change, but now we confront an unprecedented deluge of new things - one that shows no sign of slowing. In New acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallagher, using cutting-edge research and interviews with countless experts, shows us how we can use our adaptive gift to navigate more skillfully through our rapidly changing world by focusing on the new things that really matter." -- back cover

Biblio Notes

Introduction : what's new? --
pt. I. Neophilia and us --
1. How we became who we are --
2. Surprise detector --
3. approach, avoid, or maybe --
pt. II. Neophilia and you --
4. You meet new --
5. The alchemy of anticipation --
6. Novelty and nurture --
7. Culture, curiosity, and boredom --
8. The ever-new frontier --
pt. III. Neophilia today --
9. The really New Age --
10. Novelty machines : for better and worse --
11. Caution ahead : silly, unfocused, and hooked? --
12. Navigating with neophilia.

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