How Technology Affects the Brain

The exploitation of a new communicative environment has positive effects on the brains of our youth. Experts agree that today’s youth are able to ascertain between competing facts more accurately, make decisions more quickly, exhibit greater flexibility in employment, and heightened cognitive and analytical skills.

Unprecedented access to technology and the ability to absorb multiple sources of information and to sort it for future reference is part of what’s rewiring our brains and making them more elastic.

Conversely, other experts including industry leaders, scientists and scholars, believe the intrusion of technology on our lives may hinder contemplative thought, conversation, patience and a sense of play enjoyed by previous generations.

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