Digital Living and its Impact on Cognition – Healthy or Harmful?

Cognitive abilities (e.g. memory, attention, decision making, emotional regulation, etc.) are vital functions that underpin many of our daily interactions. As our lives have moved more online than ever before as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to understand the ways in which modern digital living, learning, working and being are impacting our cognitive abilities. While there are indeed benefits to using technology, there are also several instances where digital interactions may be having a negative impact on our cognition, and more importantly longer-term effects are still unclear. This workshop aims to bring together researchers interested in the effects of technology on cognition, identify areas of future research, and foster collaborations between participants.

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Madeleine Steeds

Marta E. Cecchinato

Corina Sas

Sarah Clinch

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Publication date (Print): July 2021

Pages: 1-4

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[0001]University of Manchester

Manchester, UK

[0002]Northumbria University

Northumbria, UK

[0003]Lancaster University

Lancaster, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2021-W3.0

SO-VID: 3c02742d-a232-4030-a525-1b4df27fef7d

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Conference name: 34th British HCI Workshop and Doctoral Consortium

Conference acronym: HCI2021-WDC

Conference number: 34

Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 20th - 21st July 2021

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Post-pandemic HCI – Living Digitally

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[1] J. N Bailenson 2021 Nonverbal overload: A theoretical argument for the causes of Zoom fatigue Technology, Mind, and Behavior 2 1

[2] S BerniniF StasollaS PanzarasaS QuagliniE SinforianiG SandriniT VecchiC TassorellS Bottiroli 2020 Cognitive telerehabilitation for older adults with neurodegenerative diseases in the COVID-19 Era: a perspective study Frontiers in Neurology 11

[3] E Cushing 2021 Late-stage pandemic is messing with your brain https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/what-pandemic-doing-our-brains/618221/ 31/03/2021

[4] H. V LeS ClinchC SasT DinglerN HenzeN Davies (2016, May). Impact of video summary viewing on episodic memory recall: Design guidelines for video summarizations Proceedings of the 2016 CHI conference on human factors in computing systems, San Jose, USA, May 2016, 4793-4805. ACM

[5] C NadalC SasG Doherty 2020 Technology acceptance in mobile health: scoping review of definitions, models, and measurement Journal of Medical Internet Research 22 7 e17256

[6] NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University 2019 How the Internet may be changing the brain www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190605100345.htm (31/03/2021)

[7] A. K PrzybylskiA OrbenN Weinstein 2020 How much is too much? Examining the relationship between digital screen engagement and psychosocial functioning in a confirmatory cohort study Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 59 9 1080 1088

[8] C SasN DaviesS ClinchP ShawM MikuszM SteedsL Nohrer 2020 April Supporting stimulation needs in dementia care through wall-sized displays Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, USA April 2020 1 16 ACM

[9] Ö ŞenormancıÖ SaraçlıN AtasoyG ŞenormancıF KoktürkL Atik 2014 Relationship of Internet addiction with cognitive style, personality, and depression in university students Comprehensive psychiatry 55 6 1385 1390

[10] L TaberS Whittaker 2020 Cats, kids, and video calls: How working from home affects self-presentation https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/cats-kids-and-video-calls-how-working-from-home-affects-self-presentation/ (31/02/2021)

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