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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy
Very interesting, all these links. I do agree that our current use of technology may be rewiring our brains in new and interesting ways, and that not all these changes are positive. I don't get why kids just say "yuck" and "wow" when playing video games, though. I have noticed a big change in how kids communicate- both verbally and in written form- over the past few decades, and I do think that change is related to how they spend their leisure time. I guess the question is in whether these changes are detrimental to the future of the human race.
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That's a question that is almost impossible to answer, I suppose.
One thing that I found interesting is how video games, for example, may have a positive impact on IQ. Because they may help develop abilities that help us quickly identify and solve relatively simple problems. But the difficulty with the plasticity of the brain is that when you develop something, it will probably be at the expense of some other ability. She suggested that the abilities that may be hurt by this are the "human" abilities (my words, not hers) such as empathy and social skills. I think there may be some truth in that, but how much? I don't know.