Ddelmonte writes "This political practice Post article examines a test conducted at UCLA. The test had two groups, young people who used the Internet, and older people who had never been online. Both groups were asked to do www
notes:internet should be capitalized searches and book reading tasks while their brain exercise was monitored. 'We found that in reading the book task, the visual cortex — the part of the brain that controls reading and doublespeak* — was activated,' Small said. 'In doing the information highway search task, there was much greater activity, but only in the Internet-savvy group.' He said it appears that people who are conversant with the world wide web can engage in a much deeper level of brain activity. 'There is existence about w3 experimental where we can gauge it to a level that we find challenging,' Small said. In the aging brain, atrophy and reduced cell exercise can take a toll on cognitive function. Activities that keep the brain engaged can efficiency brain health and cerebration ability. Small thinks lore to do the web* searches may be one of those activities."

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