June 15, 2010

Too Much Internet Fries Brain

[From article]
"Nicholas Carr, author of the much-buzzed-about new book “The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brain,” breaks the bad news this way: “The heavy multi-taskers performed worse on all the tests. They were less able to control their attention and less able to distinguish important information from trivia."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs/fatal_distraction_qy2NEC6LloYK9aQiDOodmL

Fatal distraction

For Web-wired workers, staying on task can be the hardest job of all

Last Updated: 10:38 AM, June 14, 2010

Posted: 1:27 AM, June 14, 2010

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