New Evidence Suggests That Using the Internet Might Make You Smarter, Not Rot Your Brain


	New Evidence Suggests That Using the Internet Might Make You Smarter, Not Rot Your Brain

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      Dispelling the myth that surfing the Web is a time-draining waste of neurons    </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-05/brain-gain"><DIV class="submitted">
                    <SPAN class="author">By Michael Rosenwald</SPAN>
<SPAN class="posted">Posted 06.09.2009 at 3:46 pm</SPAN>
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