Emotional and Cognitive Overload

Name: Emotional and Cognitive Overload
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Emotional and Cognitive OverloadThe Dark Side of Information Technology\nAuthor(s): Anne-Franoise Rutkowski, Carol Saunders\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138053335, 978-1138053335\nSynopsis\nWe live in a world of limitless information. With technology advancing at an astonishingly fast pace, we are challenged to adapt to robotics and automated systems that threaten to replace us. Both at home and at work, an endless range of devices and Information Technology (IT) systems place demands upon our attention that human beings have never experienced before, but are our brains capable of processing it all? \n\nIn this important new book, an in-depth view is taken of IT's under-studied dark side and its dire consequences on individuals, organizations, and society. With theoretical underpinnings from the fields of cognitive psychology, management, and information systems, the idea of brain overload is defined and expl.