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Internet use 'good for the brain'
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by francisrivera | October 14, 2008 at 03:56 pm
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Good news for those internet users.
Before, the risk of high radiation exposure is a hindrance for me to stay online for a long period of time, as my old folks would not allow me to.
Now, studies show that even them will benefit by staying online and surfing the "radioactive" net.
For middle aged and older people at least, using the internet helps boost brain power, research suggests.
A University of California Los Angeles team found searching the web stimulates centres in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning.
The researchers say this might even help to counter-act the age-related physiological changes that cause the brain to slow down.
The study features in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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at 16:03 on October 14th, 2008
Nice! I would exercise my brain now. LCD monitor are low in radiation right? If thats the case i'm lucky. :)
at 23:27 on October 14th, 2008
francisrivera, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 01:20 on October 15th, 2008
Thank you so much solarlife!
at 02:07 on October 15th, 2008
I'm very very glad to here that! Me being old and all.