Reading This Will Change Your Brain

What does this mean for the world of education? How can we use this information to form the upcoming generation to be what it needs to be as future leaders and interactors in our own country and in the world?

Digital learning is one thing but face to face interactions with others does have its time and place and skill. Which is the more humanly accepted? Which is going to be the one which will bring happiness and fulfillment over the long haul of life? I am not expecting answers. It is something for us to think about and discuss. We are preparing our students for life long success now for a future which we are still do not know even on a brain development level.

I'm counselor specializing in teenage behavior. I work with teenagers every day and I can tell you the lack of social skills is alarming. They also exhibit very dangerous behavior sexually usually knowing a person only a few days (if that) before having sex. Most teen relationships last less than a month because they don't know how to interact. A good example is a couple that when texting got along great but in the same room together could not communicate at all. Also studies regarding their gaming behavior shows a huge increas in th release of dopamine which causes their addiction. Most of the kids don't arrive at school until after noon because they can't get up for school having played on the computer or video games all night.

This is not evolution. It will only become evolution if it becomes a heritable trait selected for by a potential mate. It is adaptation, which is one of the first steps towards evolving. And I'm not so sure this womans niece is as vulnerable as she thinks. She might just be in that self absorbed pre/teenage state. Either way I think its wrong to blame her overall behavior to her involvement with technology.

Saw my niece in the store and spoke to her and her mother. The niece did not make any eye contact or say hello, keeping her full attention on her texting, and grinning privately occasionally. The thought that crossed my mind was that she was very vulnerable, as she did not indicate any acknowledgment that she was aware of her surroundings at all. What if her environment were in some way unsafe? How is her brain wired to deal with that?

I'm with ranchozaragoza. If you don't know the difference between "it's" and "its," your information falls on blind eyes.

It's hard to accept "evidence" when it's presented with incorrect grammar. I'm with ranchozaragoza; "it's" means "it is," not "belonging to it."

Well, I Googled "possessive pronouns" and found that nothing has changed with that: They still don't get apostrophes.

Well, I Googled "possessive pronouns" and found out that nothing has changed there: They still don't get apostrophes.

hi, i am an addict . can you chang my mind ?

very interesting article!!!. being a 63 year old "digital imigrant" i feel the difference between my two worlds. computer reading on a daily basis i feel is wonderful mind exercise and i see the difference when i
spend time with friends my age who do not use the computer. thanks again!

I believe this and am not startled to hear these conclusions.
My whole working life I was a computer operator before it was politically correct for everyone to have one, working in the newspaper and advertising sector, and am now retired and 60 years old. I spend hours a day on the computer doing work and reading news.
The difference is this: when I was working steadily and on the computer, I was a hyperactive workaholic, with quick-wittedness and energy second to none. However, now at this age, and after two concussions, I find myself a nervous wreck from too much stimulation caused by long periods of computer interaction. It noticeably affects me differently and more profoundly.
I hope to read more about this in the coming weeks, as I find this very interesting.
Thank you for this article.