Using Internet Boosts Older Brains

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It would appear that learning to silver surf the Net boosts the brain: researchers in the US found signs of enhanced neural stimulation in parts of the brain that control decision-making and reasoning when they scanned the brains of middle aged and older first time Internet users after only seven days of silver surfing.

Scientists from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) presented the findings of their study on 19 October to delegates attending the Neuroscience 2009 meeting in Chicago.

They put forward the idea that learning to use the Internet stimulates neural activation patterns and could enhance brain function and cognition in older adults.

First author Teena D Moody, a senior research associate at the Semel Institute at UCLA, told the press that:

“The results suggest that searching online may be a simple form of brain exercise that might be employed to enhance cognition in older adults.”

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Boost In Brain Function Seen In First-Time Internet Users After Just 1 Week
You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of surfing the Web.
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