Monday November 16, 2009

Attention Loss Feared as High-Tech Rewires Brain

According to some mental health experts, technology and social networks could lead attention deficit disorder. I was going to dispute this article but I totally lost interest after the first paragraph. wink

"The more we become used to just sound bites and tweets," Aboujaoude said, "the less patient we will be with more complex, more meaningful information. And I do think we might lose the ability to analyze things with any depth and nuance. Like any skill, if you don't use it, you lose it."

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