Surf internet1 Hour Every Day Push Higher IQ
Good news for Internet users. Report researchers say, do onlineactivities on the internet at least an hour a day can increase the IQ and the ability to remember.
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles(UCLA) compared the brains of participants who frequently use the internet and who rarely use the internet.
The result, a group of participants who do surf an hour a day for 5days to have the front part of the brain (prefrontal cortex), which ispart of the brain that serves to make decisions and receivecomplex information more active, but it was not previously activepart.
“This suggests that brain function can change and increase veryrapidly with the use of the internet. Ability to process informationand work without error multitasking activities also increased. This study shows that the average IQ can be improved with digital culture,” says Gary Small, Professor of Psychiatry and Bio-Behavioural Science at UCLA as reported Dailymail, Monday (14/12/2009).
Even doing mundane activities like sorting e-mail can enhancethe brain’s ability to make decisions which are important and not important, and it can affect one’s mental health.
But the researchers warned of the dangers of excessive Internet use can affect thinking, feeling and personality.
“The advantages the internet can damage interpersonal skillsand lack of social relationships. If you work all day in front of thecomputer, make sure you also get along with people around thanin the virtual world to socialize or for entertainment by playinggames on the internet,” says Professor Small.