Can the Internet change your brain?

Here is a good argument from Nick Heath for how too much TV can lead to permanent changes in the brain and loss of non verbal communication skills. 

ZDNet - “The relentless bombardment of video, music and information online could permanently alter our brains and trigger neurological disorders, according to an eminent neurologist. With Western children spending more than six hours per day sat in front of a screen, Baroness Susan Greenfield told the Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit it’s no coincidence an increasing number of children are today being treated for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.”…

…Greenfield said that relationships forged in the “computer world”, through social networks and multiplayer environments such as Second Life, are “intruding on the full spectrum of human relationships”.

“Autistic people are very comfortable in the computer world because relationships do not depend on the tone of the voice, body language, or pheromones.”

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