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How does the internet rewire your brain?

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This modern age has brought with it a new set of controversies. As well as watching our weight and worrying about our souls, we now have to worry about our brain fitness too and the impact of using Internet technologies or social networks. Is instant messaging eroding the attention centres of our brains? Are Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools preventing you from forming normal human bonds? And don’t forget email – apparently it releases the same addictive neurochemicals as crack cocaine, commented BBC couple of months ago.

 

Surprisingly little research has looked into the internet’s effects on the brain.

UCLA Dr Gary Small, who is a author of a Book on  surviving the technological alteration of the modern mind, conducted a research 2 years ago. He and his team conducted an experiment; 12 experienced web users and 12 digital newcomers used Google, while their brains were scanned. The results, published under the title Your Brain On Google, pointed up a key initial difference between the two groups: in an area of the brain called the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which deals with short-term memory and decision-making, the rookies showed hardly any activity, whereas the web veterans were really firing, reported The Guardian.

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