Cyberpsychology: an introduction to human-computer interaction

Abstract

"Psychology as a science and a discipline must do more than merely acknowledge that we live in a digital environment with computers and automation. It must do more than add a footnote, chapter, or illustration to current texts while perpetuating theories developed in the pre-digital world. Instead, it must rethink its basic theories in every area - from sensory and perception to social and clinical. Fortunately, this is already occurring in many areas. Cognitive science and neuroscience were founded in the digital age, and human factors psychology has embraced the interaction with computers, but some areas have fallen behind. Rather than make too much of this now, instead we will develop and push these areas forward as we go through the successive chapters of this book. In doing so, we will try to cover the full range of psychology"--