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kennyc · 10-19-2011, 05:29 AM

Internet 'may be changing brains'
By Helen Briggs Health editor, BBC News website
Surfing the web More than 100 university students were studied

Social network sites may be changing people's brains as well as their social life, research suggests.

Brain scans show a direct link between the number of Facebook friends a person has and the size of certain parts of their brain.

It's not clear whether using social networks boosts grey matter or if those with certain brain structures are good at making friends, say researchers.

The regions involved have roles in social interaction, memory and autism.

The work, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, looked at 3-D brain scans of 125 university students from London.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/hea...353397?SThisEM

10-19-2011, 05:29 AM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,910 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	since when is Facebook the gauge of all social behavior Internet 'may be changing brains' By Helen Briggs Health editor, BBC News website Surfing the web More than 100 university students were studied Social network sites may be changing people's brains as well as their social life, research suggests. Brain scans show a direct link between the number of Facebook friends a person has and the size of certain parts of their brain. It's not clear whether using social networks boosts grey matter or if those with certain brain structures are good at making friends, say researchers. The regions involved have roles in social interaction, memory and autism. The work, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, looked at 3-D brain scans of 125 university students from London. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/hea...353397?SThisEM Last edited by kennyc; 10-19-2011 at 05:34 AM.