Areas of the brain stimulated by Web Searching
A recent University of California at Los Angeles study provides some good news both about withstanding the results of aging on our brains and using the Web. The researchers found that for middle-aged and older people, at least, searching the web stimulated centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning and may even help counteract the age-related changes that cause our brains to slow down.
This study is consistent with the concept that we’ve writing about before that playing certain mental computer games will increase brain activity and keep the brain functioning.
So it would seem that just doing our day-to-day work if it involves the use of the Web is good for our mental stimulation and our brains.
