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Experts Worry About Web's Impact On Teens.
The latest warning comes from Dr. Susan Greenfield, a noted British neuroscientist, who says sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are shortening attention spans, encouraging instant gratification, and making young people more self-focused.
Greenfield believes extended time using these sites is actually “rewiring” the brain. She told Britain's Daily Mail that, just as babies need constant reassurance that they exist, the networking Websites encourage the same impulse in teens.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/02/teens_web.html
The latest warning comes from Dr. Susan Greenfield, a noted British neuroscientist, who says sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are shortening attention spans, encouraging instant gratification, and making young people more self-focused.
Greenfield believes extended time using these sites is actually “rewiring” the brain. She told Britain's Daily Mail that, just as babies need constant reassurance that they exist, the networking Websites encourage the same impulse in teens.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/02/teens_web.html
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“My fear is that these technologies are infantilizing the brain into the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights, who have a small attention span and who live for the moment.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/02/teens_web.html
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