 In an essay entitled "The Psychology of Digital Behaviour" within the book "“Navigating the Maltese Mediascape"" (co-authored with other scientists and edited by Joseph Borg & Mary Anne Lauri) Gatt argues that "smart devices have become a neural extension of our brain and not merely tools we passively use.In turn this changes our behavior and self-awareness with a shift in how we access and use information and transform it into knowledge.