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Changing the brain

I have always believed that the Internet is changing the way we think.  To me, the Internet is a comfort zone.  Maybe it is because of my age and the amount of time I spend online.  I know this is not the same feeling older people have about the net.  Their generation didnt grow up in cyberspace, where as I did.

New areas of the brain are being used while other areas are taking a break.  Life never stops evolving and this has an effect on the brain.  Today, we use more of our brains than we ever have in human history.  But that doesnt mean that other sections of the brain are receiving the same amount of attention that we gave them in the past.  New ideas and technology bring about new changes in human evolution.

Read the article at BBC.com. 

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