The internet stimulates the brain more than reading a book.
By octavian
@octavian (200)
Romania
November 19, 2008 9:12am CST
Neurology researchers have found that surfing on the internet stimulates the mind more than reading a book. Searching on the internet is very similar to a puzzle game, or completing a rebus. Brain scans showed that surfing on the I-net, activates more areas of the brain, than the passive activity of reading a novel. What do you think about that? Personally, I don't believe it.
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5 responses
@ESKARENA1 (18261)
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20 Nov 08
I have to disagree, the internet for all the benefits it has given us is still miles behind the world of imagination a book can offer you. A book has so many possibilities that you can share not only with fellow readers but also with people you may meet day to day
blessed be
@ImNotFish (106)
• Singapore
19 Nov 08
Not sure of it..
Reading book is a way of acquiring knowledge or information in linear way. We read from page to page, chapter to chapter to acquire something. However, surfing internet allows us to acquire knowledge in non-linear way, that means we can get to the topic we are interested directly.
@owelm0408 (1011)
• Philippines
19 Nov 08
i guess it depends on whats activities you do on the internet.if it is more of interaction like sharing thoughts, ideas , info, etc. the study make sense.
@adihindu (1922)
• India
19 Nov 08
I am using internet from 1998 and still I can't solve many puzzles. I think it was just a analysis and not at all a research result. There are many people who are internet addicts and failed to do day to day activities properly. I am completely agreeing with you. 
