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Blogging for Brain Power
By Alejandra Owens, October 17, 2008 12:16 PM
A new study shows that reading ShAARP Session is good for your health. From the UCLA Newsroom.
UCLA scientists have found that for computer-savvy middle-aged and older adults, searching the Internet triggers key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning. The findings demonstrate that Web search activity may help stimulate and possibly improve brain function. The study, the first of its kind to assess the impact of Internet searching on brain performance, is currently in press at the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and will appear in an upcoming issue. "The study results are encouraging, that emerging computerized technologies may have physiological effects and potential benefits for middle-aged and older adults," said principal investigator Dr. Gary Small, a professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA who holds UCLA's Parlow-Solomon Chair on Aging. "Internet searching engages complicated brain activity, which may help exercise and improve brain function."
According to the study, the real boost in brain activity comes from the act of web- urfing and searching for items online.
So, here is your task: find the contact information for both campaigns and tell the candidates what you would like to see addressed at tonight's debate. Remember, it's good for your health.