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Generation Y: Dumber than Gen X - or More Agile?

» Is Generation Y really The Dumbest Generation?

[T]here is no empirical evidence that being immersed in instant messaging, texting, iPods, videogames and all things online impairs thinking ability. "The jury is still out on whether these technologies are positive or negative" for cognition, says Ken Kosik of the University of California, Santa Barbara, codirector of the Neuroscience Research Institute there. "But they're definitely changing how people's brains process information."


 [ 05.30.08 ]




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