(7) Typically, the concern about our dependence on technology is that it detracts from
our time with family and friends in the real world. But psychologists have become intrigued
by a more subtle and insidious effect of our online interactions. It may be that the immediacy
of the Internet, the efficiency of the iPhone and the anonymity of the chat room change the
core of who we are, issues that Dr. Aboujaoude explores in a book, "Virtually You: The
Internet and the Fracturing of the Self." to be released next year.