Brain Molding
Robert Lee Hotz reports in the Wall Street Journal about how our brains are transformed by the alphabets and languages we learn. Those who learn English and those who learn Chinese use different areas of their brains – confirmed by alternate patterns of energy use and brain structure. Hotz explains this could also be behind ‘cultural differences in memory, attention, and visual perception.’
Now add evolving changes in learning behavior with the advent of SMS, internet, cell phones, and all instant-input technologies. Our brains are getting completely re-wired, and we don’t know what the implications of all that will be.
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