Monday, April 24, 2006

Technology may be changing the human brain

Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | New technology may be changing the human brain: "We need to listen to the expert warnings about the potential impact of digital communication on how people think and learn by Jackie Ashley"

Is this, perhaps, the source of the hyperactivity and attention deficit malaise now being treated with industrial quantities of Ritalin, Prozac and other drugs to help sustain attention in the classroom? If so, what will these drugs do in turn to the brain?

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