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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

Furfaro, 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