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UCLA Study: The Internet Is Altering Our Brains
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Fox News
October 20, 2009
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The results suggest Internet training can stimulate neural activation patterns and could potentially enhance brain function and cognition in older adults.
As the brain ages, a number of structural and functional changes occur, including atrophy, or decay, reductions in cell activity and increases in complex things like deposits of amyloid plaques and tau tangles, which can impact cognitive function.
Research has shown that mental stimulation similar to the stimulation that occurs in individuals who frequently use the Internet may affect the efficiency of cognitive processing and alter the way the brain encodes new information.
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October 20th, 2009 at 11:38 am
yay
bill coop Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
my nutz have swelled too…………..ROFLMAO
October 20th, 2009 at 11:38 am
explains y I’m smart
Crito Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Results of new scientific study just in: Doing anything other than watching TV news makes you smarter. Reporters at CNN and Fox think that might also mean watching TV news makes people dumb, but they’re really not sure. Rick Sanchez is investigating further, stay tuned for more misinformation at 10PM.
some dude with a computer Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 6:54 pm
lol
October 20th, 2009 at 11:40 am
I am not even the same person since getting on the Internet. You becomes much more knowledgeable and aware.
anon Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 11:40 am
lol
A Patriot Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
All joking aside – I take in 700% more information now then before I started using the internet.
I do not even recognize the naive young mis-informed person I used to be.
A truly free, ubiquitous, internet (which we do not yet have) could be the catalyst for the next renissance of man – that is why those in power will stop at nothing to put the genie back in the bottle before they lose all control!
We must RESIST!
Joel Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Me niether, i used to be such a little unthinking bully, now i’m the so-smart-i’m-insane murderer guy. %3Pr
October 20th, 2009 at 11:43 am
be not conformed fto this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind
apostolicwarrior Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 11:58 am
amen
October 20th, 2009 at 11:43 am
UCLA Study= Obamadroids
Julian Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Really? Everyone is an “Obamadroid”?
Just because they are from a reputable university does not mean someone is an “Obama Droid”. God forbid someone gets an education without being labeled, “Sheep”.
Check what your fighting for, the Truth movement used to stand for bigger things such as bringing down labelers and barriers. Now any idiot with a youtube subscribed to AJ account posts on this website.
I like this study. I an personally vogue for the study knowing that my brain is stimulated from going on the internet and engaging in debates/conversations under topics that would not usually be brought up in the real world. I’m definitely more aware then my friends about a mixed set of topics.
October 20th, 2009 at 11:46 am
A new habit changes our brains. Now that’s new!
Smoker Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 12:55 am
Yeah I started smoking two years ago!… never been the same:(
October 20th, 2009 at 11:47 am
My computer and my brain are well cohesive i can even consider them the same. The computer knows what i am thinking and expresses it vividly for me!!!
October 20th, 2009 at 11:47 am
fox news
PHATT Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 12:52 am
YEAH!!! It’s all their fault!
October 20th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Everyone is smarter when they get info away from the mainstream media, and schools.
A Patriot Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Agreed!
October 20th, 2009 at 11:49 am
No wonder im so bright………hmmm, now if i could just figure out a way to convince the world that the NWO evil agenda is real.
Ripper Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
haha good one
October 20th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Of course, it must be the truth if a state funded University says it’s the truth. These are the people with all the answers.
October 20th, 2009 at 11:55 am
i wish i could just do a google search the 1 time and find what i was looking for
October 20th, 2009 at 11:57 am
First.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
LMFAO… LOL… 1st they beat us up and then take, take, take, .. and push us around and force us thru the MACHINE .. time has made STRONG
wake up feds.. YOU CREATED US “we (the beast) are what you have created, we are waiting for you to start the war O.O LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED we are CALLING YOU OUT! “
USELESS EATER Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
so we are the beast? very informing, that makes alot of sence.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
LOL
October 20th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I was smart without the internet. Boingggg!!!!!!!
fdfds Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Before the internet you were just another drooling retard.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
I’m sorry, Dave, I must disconnect you now. You are getting too smart.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
gotsta lovs teh intertubes
October 20th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
A change in brain activity, whoda thunk it? lol
October 20th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
without the internet, we would fall for anything, mail is slow and tv is nill, you would have to establish huge gossip chains. Thank you YAHUAH ! for brains to distill this information.
oK Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
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October 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
There’s another activity that increases brain activity too. You all may have heard of it. It’s called reading books!
Gary Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Fundamentally, there is no difference between reading a book and reading a blog. The mechanics of reading are the same. The only difference is the content, but, in many cases, what is online was originally offline, so there is no real difference there, either. As for the quality of the writing, I’ve read articles in magazines and newspapers that were just as poorly written as any blogs I’ve ever read. So, basically, there isn’t much real substance to the snobbery against the internet.
claud Reply:
October 28th, 2009 at 5:47 am
I respect your arguement and agree in many ways, but only fundamentally
Books are more complex than online reading, longer, more drawn-out, often better vocabulary, the ideas are often more complex (ok, compare e-books are they are the same, but I’m talking about more common reading like blogs, news, websites etc.). Yes the fundamental process can be seen as the same but books are still on a way higher level than the Internet.
The Internet is still great however as it has the ability to condense complex topics into short concise material which is easier to digest and can be searched for and read at an instant. I do also think (what I think you’re implying) that any reading is better than none, assuming that there is no disconnect or erosion in what was originally proposed and what was thereafter deduced (think Chinese whispers). Both have benefits. I need to read more books I know as well. The Internet is all too easy!
October 20th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
At this rate, I should be the Living Brain at the Center of the Universe……or not!
Just a thought….
October 20th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
your brain ‘changes’ with each and every, new thing you learn, so….
oK Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
The time to change is now.
Time’s end is very near.
Please, Believe.
Peace.
October 20th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Alan Watt was right! We’re in THE MATRIX!!!
October 20th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Reading books is highly overrated, conspiracy websites are highly underrated, but never the less, and less the never too true for a normal brain to assimilate with cogent benevolence, or anything resembling a real or valid thought, or a reasonable resemblance thereof et al and others to be named upon discovery.
Gary Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
The thing about reading is that it works the same in either medium, books or the internet. Besides, a lot of the content on the internet was contained in books and other printed offline sources, to begin with.
October 20th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Alan Watt was right. Your brain changes when you eat breakfast or not! Matrix or not we all know that we don’t know what the hell is going on.
October 20th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
The internet did improve my brain. I researched the federal reserve and got started down the path that broke my false left right programming and led me to Alex Jones and other truth movements. So it helped me shake off the fog of stupidity that I labored under and now Im awake to the plans of the shitbag organization called the NWO which I would have called you a looney conspiracy theorist if you would have told me about this just 5-6 years ago. So yes the internet has improved my brain.
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October 20th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
NOW If only I could stuh stuh stuh stop TWITCHIN since I have muh muh muh my screen refresh rate so low. It’s abub abub abub about 30 or 40.
October 20th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Hey Geniuses! How about some viable solutions and actions after you finish patting yourself on the back.
October 20th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Quote from the article – “The participants performed Web searches while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan…”
What effect did THAT have on their brains?!
October 20th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
At this point everything “science” says is suspect.
Is there validity in “science” ,ask Darwin
October 20th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Information is one thing , knowledge is another !!!
October 20th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I’ve found people who spend a great deal of time on the internet to be have shortened attention spans and tend to miss social cues more frequently.
Dimbo Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Oh yeah. What was that you were saying?
October 20th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
explains why computer nerds are so wise and know alot about multiple subjects. of course its simple to explain, the internet is information
October 20th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Makes sense. As I’ve said, unlike TV, which is a one-way, passive experience, the internet is a two-way interactive experience that requires your concentration, memory, hand-eye coordination, reading skills and decision-making.
Jimmy Ribbitt Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
And I suppose that would be true of anyone in Internet radio, since we have to monitor 2 or 3 screens at one.
Hay HAY!!! WTF!!!!!! Reply:
October 20th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Were did my comment GO!!! Oh I know u had something to do with this JIMMY RIBBITT!!!!!!!!!!
By the way…Tushay! I’m sorry I get worked up all the time! You guys actual do a bang up job here(no ass kissing intended) its just I don’t know who to believe anymore and that was the point I was trying to make.
Hay HAY!!! WTF!!!!!! Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 12:00 am
By the way did I just piss off somebody at GCN! Damn you guys are quick!
October 20th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
The minute I start hearing lols or “epic” in actual conversations is the minute I know George Orwell’s vision is correct! NEW SPEAK! Oh… wait its already happened to me…..Shit.
October 20th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
I am wondering. Alex says that the 60hz frequency was chosen by the pentagon for TV due to it’s hypnotic abilities. If you monitor is running at a 60hz refresh rate, can reading internet information hypnotize you also? (I am not counting videos)
October 21st, 2009 at 1:14 am
My grandfather has been using the internet for a while. He is much more intuitive, responsive, and intelligent now than he was before he got a computer. The internet challenges you, makes you think, and is better than reading a book or anything else like a crossword puzzle, etc. Take his wife, my grandmother, for example, she is in a great decline, in attitude, and reasoning.
Roj Blake, yes, if your monitor is at 60hrtz it can put you into that same hypnotic state. The difference is, is that the internet or a computer is not constantly pushing lies down your throat, like the TV.
What lies in front of you, and lies behind you, is different, that what lies right to your face. The tv.
If my parents would not kick my fucking ass forever, I would take a sledge hammer and beat the fuck out of our TV.
Sincerely,
- 7.62 hero (ak glory)
We will win.
October 21st, 2009 at 4:33 am
I used to be the lawnmower man.
October 21st, 2009 at 9:49 am
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roaddog6 Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 3:20 pm
if the internet is making us smarter, then how come al gore is an idiot? He invented it, right??
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:04 am
Ever since I first discovered the internet my dick has been hard as a rock and all I think about is pussy
October 22nd, 2009 at 4:12 am
That’s because people using the internet are seeing some form of truth, lol. Now their brains are actually working right, lol. This misdirection doesn’t work on people that are freeminded.