Internet use 'may improve brain function in adults', says UCLA study (Good News Freepers)

Telegraph.co.uk ^ | October 21, 2009 | Tom Chivers

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Using the internet for just a few days alters our brains – and may help improve cognitive function in the elderly, according to new research. Scans of the brains of adults who had been immersed in the internet for the first time found that activity in parts of the brain used in memory and decision-making had increased.

[bogusname]

I don't feel any smarter.

[Slings and Arrows]

I is intellumagent!

[bogusname]

LOL

[ThomasThomas]

I don't feel any smarter. But do you feel less stupid. Look at a Dummie site, you will feel smarter.

[La Lydia]

I think my personal brain must be bursting out of my head at this point.

[bogusname]

Oh? They have a site just for me?

[DannyTN]

"Internet use 'may improve brain function in adults'"

Then there is hope for the people at DU!!! Wait... it says "adults".

[bogusname]

It may be helping my brian...I don’t know but it is a bit hard on the eyes.

[matginzac]

As the minutes on-line tick by, I can FEEL brain cell growth occur - Freeper growth!!!!

[bogusname]

Yep my brain’s a freeper reaper.

[wildbill]

At 70, Internet surfing is the only thing that keeps my short term memory sharp.

At 70, Internet surfing is the only thing that keeps my short term memory sharp.

At 70, Internet surfing is the only thing that keeps my short term memory sharp.

At 70, Internet surfing is the only thing that keeps my short term memory sharp.