Molly WhiteMay 3, 2024

fascinating review of studies on Internet use and cognition — including potentially negative effects on concentration and memory — found by way of an excellent article in Nautilus titled "Viva la library"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502424

The “online brain”: how the Internet may be changing our cognition

The impact of the Internet across multiple aspects of modern society is clear. However, the influence that it may have on our brain structure and functioning remains a central topic of investigation. Here we draw on recent psychological, psychiatric and ...

PubMed Central (PMC)
Show threadMolly White
Essay where I found it: https://nautil.us/viva-la-library-543293/
Viva la Library!

Rebel against The Algorithm. Get a library card.

Nautilus
May 3, 2024 at 5:38pmWeb
Show threadMolly WhiteMay 3, 2024
see if you can read the 11-page paper without task switching 😄
Show threadFitz BushnellMay 3, 2024
@molly0xfff Tall order...
Show threadvalendiaMay 3, 2024
@molly0xfff called out
Show threadMolly WhiteMay 3, 2024
@valendia i couldn't 😬
Show threadPhil NelsonMay 3, 2024
@molly0xfff I don’t even need to make the attempt to know the result
Show threadJohn Wyatt 🐧May 3, 2024
@molly0xfff turn off your router and pretend data on your phone is $20 per megabyte. 😎
Show threadMolly WhiteMay 3, 2024
@sageofredondo sometimes when my power goes out i remember what it's like to have an attention span
Show threadJohn Wyatt 🐧May 3, 2024

@molly0xfff LOL! Same.

Just so much you can do and you waste doing unproductive things because dopamine and comfort.

Show threadElusive ManMay 3, 2024
@molly0xfff lol no
Show threadbigShinyRainbowMotherFuckerMay 3, 2024
@molly0xfff i didnt even finish reading this toot without context switching
Show threadJason J.G. WhiteMay 3, 2024
@molly0xfff I rarely "task switch" unless interrupted anyway. I prefer the "one task at a time with full concentration" mode.
Show threadIan RobinsonMay 3, 2024
@molly0xfff That’s crazy talk 😂
Show threadPavelMay 3, 2024
@molly0xfff I cannot, but that was one of the reasons I got diagnosed with ADHD
Show threadTim NicholasMay 3, 2024
@molly0xfff I'd back myself... but only if the paper can wait until I've had a three week holiday.
Show threadJesse KarmaniMay 4, 2024
@molly0xfff I was reading it on my phone and managed to get through it without task switching, but not for lack of attempts by my phone to distract me! I was feeling proud of myself for getting almost to the end without even thinking about task switching when 2 text message notifications came in 😅 Under normal circumstances I would have opened them, but I thought better of it given what I had just read