  This is a review of Susan Greenfield's 2015 book 'Mind Change: How Digital
Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark On Our Brains'. Greenfield is a
neuroscientist and a member of the UK House of Lords, who argues that digital
technologies are changing the human environment "in an unprecedented way," and
that by adapting to this environment, "the brain may also be changing in an
unprecedented way." The book and its author have created a surprising amount of
controversy. I discuss both Greenfield's book and a prominent critique by Bell
et al. (2015). The exchange points to some flaws in Greenfield's argument and
represents an interesting debate about the public role of scientists, but it
does not undermine the value of the book as a springboard for discussions about
possible policies and future research.
