Online research keeps the brain in shape

A number of recent studies have shown that older ones who learn how to use the Internet when searching for useful information actually experience an increase in activity in the centers of thinking responsible for decision making and rational judgment.

It is also found that in older people with minimal Internet knowledge, daily research, even for a shorter period of time, could lead to some changes in the way brain cells function and improve their functioning, Kosova priss broadcasts.

As people grow older, there are structural changes and changes in the way the brain works itself, which can easily reduce its functioning capacity and activity.

Previous studies have shown that mental stimulus through brain training activities can significantly improve the efficiency of cognitive functions and data processing and slow the accelerated decline in brain functions.

The authors of these studies and research show that the results show that “internet training” has great potential when it comes to simple brain training, in order to improve cognitive processes in older people.

In the latest study presented at the International Neurological Society's annual Congress in Chicago, a functioning method of magnetic resonance (FMR) was used to compare brain activity in various areas of the 24 healthy adults 55-78.

Half the respondents used the internet every day and the other half were in touch with it to a smaller extent.

The respondents were also given detailed instructions on how to conduct internet research, while the FMR recorded their brain activity. After the initial scan, participants were sent home, where they continued surfing and researching on the Internet, an hour every day for next week.

After two weeks, subjects were subjected to a second scan of the brain while carrying out the same Web - surfing simulation, but on another topic.

The results showed that not only did the same areas of the brain control language, reading, memory and visual skills active during the second scan, as in the first, but also that two additional brain centers were activated during the second scan, in subjects that, to the point that they were not familiar with the internet and its purpose.

The authors of this study stress the importance of the two central frontal regions and the lower frontal gyrus these are areas that take an active part in the memory of work and contribute to improving centers for making conclusions and making logical decisions.

What the results show is that it takes only a few days to get involved in brain training activities, such as Internet surfing, to activate brain activity to reach the same level as those present in people who have years of experience on the Internet.