Internet Is Changing Our Way of Thinking Research Paper

INTERNET IS CHANGING OUR WAY OF THINKING
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Internet Is Changing Our Way of Thinking
IntroductionTechnology has capsized human existence upside down. Currently, digital gadgets and social media have occupied a huge legroom in our lives capturing a wider span of our attention than never before. The Internet has revolutionized communication channels and the way people communicate. The Internet has changed almost every facet of life; the way we do shopping, sharing good moments with other people, sharing pictures, booking travel tickets, applying for a job and many other duties. The internet has facilitated the spread of news and today one does not only have to watch a television set to get updated rather follow what is happening right from the handset in hand. It is for these reasons that the human reliance on the internet has become too much to the extent that the internet itself has changed the way we think and the social connections with one another. The purpose of this paper is to elaborate how humans currently think and in future. It shall also seek to unravel ways in which internet has and is affecting our lives.
How the Internet is Changing Our Brains
The most affected part of the body by internet is the brain. This is because the internet first distracts the mind; people currently have little information at the fingerprints due to disruption and distraction of the computers (Hassan, 2014, p 60). People believe that every solution to every problem exists on the internet and therefore no need of burdening the brain to remember so many thinks. According to brain scientists and more precisely psychologists, contemplates that interruptions have a great impact on how human brain thinks. The Internet becomes the source of new stimuli throughout the day, and it makes it difficult for the brain to sustain attention or think about a given scenario for an extended period. Deep thinking on important matters of life is reduced (Hassan, 2014, p 63.).
The Internet affects the memory of the brain. Human brain scientists say that for a long term memory to be established, information must be moved from the conscious brain (working memory) into a long term memory site. This process requires a memory consolidation that relies on the attentiveness of an individual. It also requires that a person rehearses the piece of information in the mind so as to develop and enhance strong memory for that particular information and wire with other important information that the brain deems important for future retrieval (Hassan, 2014,p 65.). However, the internet is constantly distracting this process by introducing new information within short spans of time making the information in the conscious memory to be prematurely pushed to long term memory before it has been rehearsed enough for long term memory (Hassan, 2014, p 67). It, therefore, follows that such information will not be remembered for a long time no matter how vital it was. This has been confirmed through studies. Columbia University studied long-term memory development in human beings during this error of internet and found out that many people are less likely to b...