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Archive for October 20, 2008
This Is Your Brain on the Internet
October 20, 2008 by sean.
In addition to “”(f)requent social interactions, regular exercise and maintaining a balanced diet can also reduce dementia risk.”", surfing the internet may be good for your brain [via BBC News]:
For middle-aged and older people at least, using the internet helps boost brain power, research suggests. A University of California Los Angeles team found searching the web stimulated centres in the brain that controlled decision-making and complex reasoning. The researchers say this might even help to counteract the age-related physiological changes that cause the brain to slow down.
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