FOMO, digital dementia, and our dangerous experiment

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 69-73

  Dossey, Larry ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMFORT; DEMENTIA; DRIVE; EXPERIMENT; FORCE; FRIEND; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MEMORY; MOBILE PHONE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOUTH KOREA; TEXT MESSAGING; WAKEFULNESS; WALKING;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DEMENTIA; FEAR; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84896749625     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: 18787541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2013.12.008     Document Type: Editorial

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