NormCameron
Vista Guru
This is totally of no use to you younger whipper-snippers out there, but to an older person like myself, no matter that I have retained my youthfull vigour, good looks and have the mental agility of a demented ferret, this is of significant and historic importance. I showed she who wants to be obeyed and now have scientific proof that internet searching is not only healthy BUT, is making me smarter.
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A new study of older individuals has now looked at brain activity as subjects undertake Internet searches and it concludes that, for regular Internet users, far more of the brain gets engaged when searching than when reading.
Like other studies that rely on fantastically expensive functional MRI equipment, this one had a small subject population: a dozen each of regular Internet users and Internet novices. The savvy users typically went online a minimum of once daily, while, on average, the novice group reported using the Internet either not at all or once a month. The average age of both groups was in the early to mid-60s".......
Still, taken at face value, the results appear to suggest that frequent access to information on the Internet can create a higher mental engagement with the content. Given the value of mental engagement in helping preserve brain function, especially as people age, the results suggest a potentially positive role for Internet use in aging populations.
Internet searches may strengthen the aging brain
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A new study of older individuals has now looked at brain activity as subjects undertake Internet searches and it concludes that, for regular Internet users, far more of the brain gets engaged when searching than when reading.
Like other studies that rely on fantastically expensive functional MRI equipment, this one had a small subject population: a dozen each of regular Internet users and Internet novices. The savvy users typically went online a minimum of once daily, while, on average, the novice group reported using the Internet either not at all or once a month. The average age of both groups was in the early to mid-60s".......
Still, taken at face value, the results appear to suggest that frequent access to information on the Internet can create a higher mental engagement with the content. Given the value of mental engagement in helping preserve brain function, especially as people age, the results suggest a potentially positive role for Internet use in aging populations.
Internet searches may strengthen the aging brain
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