Your Brain on Google: Patterns of Cerebral Activation during Internet Searching

• Published in: The American journal of geriatric psychiatry Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 116 - 126
• Main Authors: Small, Gary W., Moody, Teena D., Siddarth, Prabha, Bookheimer, Susan Y.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.02.2009; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Brain - physiology; Brain activation; Brain Mapping; Cognition; computer experience; Computers; Decision Making; Frontal Lobe - physiology; functional MRI; Gyrus Cinguli - physiology; Hippocampus - physiology; Humans; Information Storage and Retrieval; Internal Medicine; Internet; Internet search; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - psychology; Middle Aged; middle-age and older adults; Neural Pathways - anatomy & histology; Neural Pathways - physiology; Parietal Lobe - physiology; Practice (Psychology); Psychomotor Performance; Reading; Temporal Lobe - physiology; functional MRI; Internet search; computer experience; Brain activation; middle-age and older adults

Previous research suggests that engaging in mentally stimulating tasks may improve brain health and cognitive abilities. Using computer search engines to find information on the Internet has become a frequent daily activity of people at any age, including middle-aged and older adults. As a prelimina...