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How the Internet Alters Your Brain & Why You Should Let the World See Your Weirdness

Something You Should Know

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Controlling What You Think About

In a recent study, researchers found that multitaskers did worse on tests of intellectual function than those who didn't spend so much time on line. The more we adapt to this world, when there's unlimited amounts of information comes at us, what happens is we begin giving priority simply to the newest stuff, says John Sutter. "We become so kind of caught up in the stream of information that our attention immediately goes to whatever's new," he adds.

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