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Submitted by rlewis on 16 October, 2008 - 10:59.
15/10/2008
Daily Express
By: Staff
'Silver surfing' can boost brains

So-called 'silver surfers', those older people who use the internet, could be sharpening their brains. Researchers scanned the brains of 24 people aged 55 to 76 while they did web searches and read books. Only half had used the internet before. All showed an increase in activity in regions of the brain controlling language, reading, memory and visual ability, but only the web volunteers registered a significant boost in the areas that deal with decision-making and complex reasoning.

[Editors note] We have been seeing increasing evidence of the effect that the daily struggle to get on top of the computer and the Internet has a positive effect on our cognitive functions. Dont feel guilty being on line!

 



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