"Googling Fights Dementia, Study Suggests" --Ker Than, in National Geographic News
"Googling Fights Dimentia, Study Suggests" --Ker Than, in National Geographic News
"Using search engines may help stave off dementia and memory loss, a new brain-scan study suggests.
Scientists found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience showed increased activity in key brain regions after surfing the Web for an hour a day for just two weeks (brain facts).
"It's not so much the Internet itself as it is the seeking of new information and keeping your brain stimulated with new things," said study team member Susan Bookheimer, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Los Angeles."
--This reminds me that I need to find ways for my fifth graders to do some computer-related activities with the senior citizens they're partnered with. If anyone has experience with that, or ideas for it, please let me know!
--And, I'm happy to know that I'm staving off dementia in myself... At least I hope so!
"Using search engines may help stave off dementia and memory loss, a new brain-scan study suggests.
Scientists found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience showed increased activity in key brain regions after surfing the Web for an hour a day for just two weeks (brain facts).
"It's not so much the Internet itself as it is the seeking of new information and keeping your brain stimulated with new things," said study team member Susan Bookheimer, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Los Angeles."
--This reminds me that I need to find ways for my fifth graders to do some computer-related activities with the senior citizens they're partnered with. If anyone has experience with that, or ideas for it, please let me know!
--And, I'm happy to know that I'm staving off dementia in myself... At least I hope so!
Tags: dementia, elders, google, senior+citizens
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Permalink Reply by Or-Tal Kiriati on
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Hey, not only this is great news - that someone actually conducted a research to prove it - but really - this gives you an idea as to what really happens in today's kids brains. What sort of activity their brains are getting used to and why the class activity should change accordingly.
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