NATS 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Long-Term Memory, Prefrontal Cortex, Cognitive Flexibility
9 Sep 2016
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Nats 1700 lecture 8: is the internet changing the way we think and process information: internet use and cognitive change. Debate about internet and cognitive change really started with nicholas carr"s articles, Is google making us stupid in 2008 and the web shatters focus, rewires brains in. Eventually penned book the shallows (2010) which examines issue in greater depth. Carr"s major argument: our dependency on the internet has come at a cost: we are increasingly losing ability to engage in deep thinking or reading. Small (2007) brain activity study: experienced internet surfers" versus inexperienced. Surfers" were given the task of online searching. Study showed brain activity of experienced users more extensive in prefrontal cortex (area related to problem solving and decision making) than inexperienced users. Within six days, novice users, who were asked to spend one hour a day online, also showed a marked change in their brain activity.
