Your Brain on Google

This is your brain on Google...

Neurologists say the Internet is changing our brains – and it’s not for the better. We process electronic pages differently than printed ones – and it can affect how much we learn and even alter our brains. When we read online – we have to process more than just words. Ads, hyperlinks and alerts from other pages are big distractions. They interrupt our train of thought - and our mental plasticity.

Even if we ignore those distractions, we’re making a conscious effort to do so. That split-second decision is a conscious one and can zap us of some brain power.

Source: Nicholas Carr, author of “The Shallows”