Are Our Brains Becoming “Googlized?”, by Gord Hotchkiss, Search Engine Land (Nov 14)
Having our brains googlized might not be a bad thing. We might be overusing Google to look up things we can't remember or feel we should know. On the other, searching Google might be keeping the old cortex more limber. Note the word "old". Hotchkiss comments on the brain study done at UCLA into use of the Internet by middle-aged and older adults - where Internet searching was generally beneficial mind-wise. Contrast that Nicholas Carr's article in the Atlantic Monthly entitled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” and says attention spans are shortening and memory weakening. Which is true or are both? Read Hotchkiss conclusion and form your own opinion.
Posted by Gwen at November 14, 2008 11:47 PM