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Is surfing the Internet and text messaging altering your brain?
textually.org - 10/28/2008
Is surfing the Internet and text messaging altering your brain?
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The Internet is not just changing the way people live but altering the way our brains work with a neuroscientist arguing this is an evolutionary change which will put the tech-savvy at the top of the new social order. The Washington Post reports. Gary Small, a neuroscientist at UCLA in ...
washingtonpost.com - 10/27/2008
Is surfing the Internet altering your brain?
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Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women — ... individuals will be those who are able to strike a balance between tech skills and real life social skills, the overall message of the book is a positive one. One study he points to, for instance, showed that Web-savvy people have double the level of activity in the parts of their brains that control decision-making and complex reasoning as their counterparts who are Web beginners. Find this book at Amazon. Via washingtonpost.com, by way of textually.org Posted by Hoyun    Category: ...

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