Adam Alter has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators, with an average listener rating of 3.5★ across 139 ratings. The most-rated is Irresistible.
Irresistible
Summary
Welcome to the age of behavioral addiction - an age in which half of the American population is addicted to at least one behavior. We obsess over our emails, Instagram likes, and Facebook feeds; we binge on TV episodes and YouTube videos; we work longer hours each year; and we spend an average of three hours each day using our smartphones. Half of us would rather suffer a broken bone than a broken phone, and millennial kids spend so much time in front of screens that they struggle to interact with real, live humans. In this revolutionary book, Adam Alter, a professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, tracks the rise of behavioral addiction and explains why so many of today's products are irresistible. Though these miraculous products melt the miles that separate people across the globe, their extraordinary and sometimes damaging magnetism is no accident. The companies that design these products tweak them over time until they become almost impossible to resist. By reverse engineering behavioral addiction, Alter explains how we can harness addictive products for the good - to improve how we communicate with each other, spend and save our money, and set boundaries between work and play - and how we can mitigate their most damaging effects on our well-being and the health and happiness of our children.
©2017 Adam Alter (P)2017 Penguin Audio
Drunk Tank Pink
Summary
An illuminating look at the way the thoughts we have and the decisions we make are influenced by forces that aren't always in our control Why are people named Kim, Kelly, and Ken more likely to donate to Hurricane Katrina victims than to Hurricane Rita victims? Are you really more likely to solve puzzles if you watch a light bulb illuminate? How did installing blue lights along a Japanese railway line halt rising crime and suicide rates? Can decorating your walls with the right artwork make you more honest? The human brain is fantastically complex, having engineered space travel and liberated nuclear energy, so it's no wonder that we resist the idea that we're deeply influenced by our surroundings. As profound as they are, these effects are almost impossible to detect both as they're occurring and in hindsight. Drunk Tank Pink is the first detailed exploration of how our environment shapes what we think, how we feel, and the ways we behave. The world is populated with words and images that prompt unexpected, unconscious decisions. We are so deeply attracted to our own initials that we give more willingly to the victims of hurricanes that match our initials: Kims and Kens donate more generously to Hurricane Katrina victims, whereas Rons and Rachels give more openly to Hurricane Rita victims. Meanwhile, an illuminated light bulb inspires creative thinking because it symbolizes insight. Social interactions have similar effects, as professional cyclists pedal faster when people are watching. Teachers who took tea from the break room at Newcastle University contributed 300 percent more to a cash box when a picture of two eyes hung on the wall. We're evolutionarily sensitive to human surveillance, so we behave more virtuously even if we're only watched by a photograph. The physical environment, from locations to colors, also guides our hand in unseen ways. Dimly lit interiors metaphorically imply no one's watching and encourage dishonesty and theft, while blue lights discourage violent activity because they're associated with the police. Olympic taekwondo and judo athletes are more likely to win when they wear red rather than blue, because red makes them behave aggressively and referees see them as more dominant. Drunk Tank Pink is full of revelatory facts, riveting anecdotes, and cutting-edge experiments that collectively explain how the most unexpected factors lead us to think, feel, and behave the way we do.
©2013 Adam Alter (P)2013 Random House Audio
The First Wife
Summary
I moved closer to the little girl, afraid that our voices would be caught by the monitor. "What happened to you, Lucy? Can you tell me?" When Sophie’s life falls apart, she accepts an invitation from a childhood friend, Caroline, to visit her family’s beautiful beach house, situated at the mouth of an isolated cove, miles from the nearest town. The silence is broken only by the rhythmic crash of the waves against the jagged black rocks below. But when Sophie arrives, she finds her friend much changed. Caroline - who used to be so warm and confident - is secretive and on-edge, spending long, unexplained hours away from her family. And then there’s Caroline’s little daughter Lucy - who stopped speaking soon after they moved in. Caroline assures Sophie that it’s only a phase, but Sophie thinks Lucy looks a little uncared for, a little afraid.... Then one night Sophie is woken by a scream and runs to find Lucy, out of bed and at the attic window, staring in terror at the view below. When Sophie goes to look, her blood runs cold.... What secrets hide behind closed doors in this isolated house by the sea? A compelling domestic drama from the USA Today best-selling author of Gracie’s Secret. Perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and The Couple Next Door.
©2020 Jill Childs (P)2020 Bookouture
Unwiderstehlich
Summary
Etwa die Hälfte der westlichen Bevölkerung ist nach mindestens einer Verhaltensweise süchtig. Wie unter Zwang hängen wir an unseren E-Mails, Instagram-Likes und Facebook-Posts; wir schießen uns mit Fernsehserien ins Koma, können das Online-Shoppen nicht lassen, arbeiten jedes Jahr noch ein paar Stunden länger an unseren Computern; wir starren im Schnitt drei Stunden am Tag auf unsere Smartphones. Ein Grund dafür liegt im suchterzeugenden Design dieser Technologien. Das Zeitalter der Verhaltenssüchte ist noch jung, doch immer deutlicher wird, wie sehr es sich um ein gesellschaftlich relevantes Problem handelt - mit zerstörerischer Wirkung auf unser Wohlergehen und besonders die Gesundheit und das Glück unserer Kinder. Der Psychologe Adam Alter zeigt, warum sich Verhaltenssüchte so wild wuchernd ausbreiten, wie sie aus der menschlichen Psyche Kapital schlagen und was wir tun müssen, damit wir und unsere Kinder es einfacher haben, ihnen zu widerstehen. Denn die gute Nachricht lautet, dass wir den Verhaltenssüchten nicht unumstößlich ausgeliefert sind. In deiner Audible-Bibliothek findest du für dieses Hörerlebnis eine PDF-Datei mit zusätzlichem Material. >> Diese ungekürzte Hörbuch-Fassung genießt du exklusiv nur bei Audible.
©2018 Piper Verlag GmbH. Übersetzung von Stephan Pauli (P)2018 Audible Studios