Is Google Making Us Smarter? -- Brain Function -- InformationWeek - The Diigo Meta page

• 29 Mar 11
  

  Jared Stein

  • The study participants showed similar brain activity when reading, but when searching online, those with prior Internet experience also showed activity in the frontal, the temporal, and the cingulate areas of the brain, areas associated with complex reasoning. 

     "Our most striking finding was that Internet searching appears to engage a greater extent of neural circuitry that is not activated during reading -- but only in those with prior Internet experience," Small said to the UCLA news service. 
• 26 Apr 10
  

  Michel Roland-Guill

  cerveau web Google #delicious

• 12 Mar 09
  

  Michel Roland

  Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.informationweek.com%2Fnews%2Finternet%2Fsearch%2FshowArticle.jhtml%3FarticleID%3D211200721

  brain reading pratiques_informationnelles #delicious

  • "The study results are encouraging, that emerging computerized technologies may have physiological effects and potential benefits for middle-aged and older adults," Small told the UCLA news service. "Internet searching engages complicated brain activity, which may help exercise and improve brain function."
• 16 Feb 09
  

  Tomaz Lasic

  cae

• 15 Oct 08
  

  Sonya Faust

  Computers learning

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