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03-14-2014, 03:40 PM
8 Ways Tech Has Completely Rewired Our Brains
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Tech**logy has altered human physiology. It makes us think differently, feel differently, even dream differently. It affects our memory, attention spans and sleep cycles. This is attributed to a scientific phe**me**n k**wn as neuroplasticity (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/410552/neuroplasticity), or the brain's ability to alter its behavior based on new experiences. In this case, that's the wealth of information offered by the Internet and interactive tech**logies
Some cognition experts have praised (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/opinion/11Pinker.html) the effects of tech on the brain, lauding its ability to organize our lives and free our minds for deeper thinking. Others fear tech has crippled (http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_nicholas_carr/all/1) our attention spans and made us uncreative and impatient when it comes to anything analog Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/14/tech-brains-neuroplasticity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Some cognition experts have praised (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/opinion/11Pinker.html) the effects of tech on the brain, lauding its ability to organize our lives and free our minds for deeper thinking. Others fear tech has crippled (http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_nicholas_carr/all/1) our attention spans and made us uncreative and impatient when it comes to anything analog Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/14/tech-brains-neuroplasticity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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