Is Google Making Us Smarter?

This summer, a technical writer Nicholas Carr wrote an article about the Atlantic Ocean and asked, "Do you fool us?"

Some anecdotes believe that the information-intensive model enhanced by the Internet leads to a shallow reflection of deep reflections. Carl said, "We are still waiting for long-term neurological and psychological experiments, a clear picture of cognition"

This study will be published in Dr. Teena D. Moody of the University of California, Los Angeles, a researcher of Gary Shoal is Semel professor of the Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Susan Y. Bookheimer, a senior fellow at the Semel Institute in Los Angeles campus, Professor of psychiatry biology at Semel Institute

The small is also the author of iBrain: Survival Modern technology changed the mind on Monday. It contains more information on the impact of technology on the brain, but not all of it are positive.

"The results are encouraging, emerging computer technology may bring the potential benefits and physiological impact on the people of the middle-aged and elderly," said Small told the UCLA News Service. "Internet search includes complex brain activities that might help exercise and improve brain function."

Twenty-four "neurologically normal" volunteers from 55 to 76 years of age participated in this study, half of whom had internet search experience. Participant's brain scans with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan while reading book while conducting Internet search

Study participants showed similar brain activity during reading, but when searching online, people with previous Internet experiences also had difficulty in understanding the front of the brain, the temporal region and Activity was shown in the band-shaped area.

"Our most amazing discovery is that Internet search seems to include more of the neural circuits that were not activated during reading - but for those with previous internet experience only ",

A slight guess is that as the understanding of Internet search strategies gets deeper, the brain activities of those who do not have internet search experience become less common and there is a possibility of improvement over time.

Carl's attention to the impact the Internet has on the way we are thinking is not a mistake. Small's research and other studies suggest that information explosion and the tool we use to control it affect perception. But it will take a while for us to know if we should mourn the old way, celebrate a new way or stop worrying and learn to love the network.

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Everyone likes google, right? All the information you may want to visit is at your fingertips - specifically - the search engine is with you. Does Google make us smarter? Right? I mean that it will provide us almost infinite amount of information. Well, things are getting interesting here. In a recent survey, a new concept called Google effect was introduced. In fact, this concept has seen cognitive deficits caused by reliance on Google and other search engines.

I can not refute the argument that Google made us foolish by promoting Google to make us smarter. However, we can insist that we are more aware of the situation, save time, and that we can not even demand or stimulate the need for thorough reading, thought in all of Google's content.

As we rediscover our new learning methods, Google makes us smarter. "Is Google proud of us?", Nicholas Carr expressed deep concern about the use of the Internet and how it will affect our brain. The main argument of Karl is that during the reading the Internet may have a devastating effect on recognition; it will weaken the ability to concentrate and contemplate. Carr strongly believes the problem of the Internet rather than exploring deeper into it, and how we need to view the information.