How Technology Affects The Brain

The more advanced technology becomes, the more of a toll it has on our daily lives. Lee Siegel states that “we shop, work, play, love, search for information, seek to communicate with each other and sometimes with the world online. We spend more time online than ever before. Yet people are not arguing about this startling new condition." It is my belief that due to the control technology has taken over society, technology is ultimately detrimental to society as a whole.

It is no question that technology is changing people and the way we live. Almost every person depends on technology in some way to get through the day. Weather its smartphones, washing machines, toasters, or refrigerators, all of these common technologies were invented to increase our productivity and make life easier. The underlining question in this essay is to highlight the concerns of technology and prove that people are being blurred in their connections to digital reality and physical reality, work life and family, and our dependency on technology.

Pat Galagan, author of Technology and The Interrupted Brain seeks out a professional to explain this. Dan Willingham, professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia states, “Data from the last thirty years leads to a conclusion that is not scientifically challengeable: thinking well requires knowing facts, and that 's true not only because you need something to think about. The very processes that teachers care about most—critical thinking processes such as reasoning and problem solving—are intimately intertwined with factual knowledge that is stored in long-term memory (not just found in the environment)” (Galagan). This generation of adolescents is so used to looking up everything in the internet that their brains don’t go the extra mile to think and develop. Therefore, they don’t possess the amount of factual knowledge needed to mold higher level thinking and analysis.

Constant worrying – Stress can cause over load on the body and this in turn can cause the body to find it hard to handle things. You start to constantly worry about what is happening and what is going to happen.

Technology in today's world affect everyone about the same since we can not live without. The amount of different activities and possibilities to do on the internet using different devices is immense . Whatever you want if it is food,games, or researching something anyone can receive in a matter of seconds. Tammy Kennon who is the author of , “ 5 New Brain Disorders that Were Born Out of the Digital Age” states the negatives about the technology devices that run the world. She tells us about how our patience, attention spans, and memory are all affected due to that fact that we are obsessed with electronics. In today’s world everyone relies on web searches like google to answer a question or do something for them. When a research was conducted by researchers they found out that”[O]ne -Third of them did not even try, reaching for google immediately” this shows how much people rely

Today’s society is more affected by technology than it ever has been and it is changing every second of every day. Advancements in technology have been changing our culture and society for hundreds of years; from hunters and gatherers to information overload to a future of the most advanced technologies we could imagine. These fast advancements in technology quickly change our society. This statement was greatly expanded upon by three people: Gerhard Lenski, Leslie White, and Alvin Toffler

Today’s society is drastically different from the previous. In the past, the most advanced technology was working electricity, no one had to worry about checking their work emails at home. Today we are constantly surrounded by technology, in fact we come in contact with it so often we are almost fully dependent on it in the work place, and at home. Richard Restak shows us the negative effects of that dependency in his essay “Attention Deficit: The Brain Syndrome of Our Era”. We are constantly at work with technology, and it is literally changing the way we operate. Matt Richtel has proof of this in his article based off a study by some neurologists titled “Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain”. Today, we have little to no control over our addiction to technology and our work life, the two have merged into one stress filled existence. However, Alexandra Samuel lets us know there are better ways to deal with our technology based work addiction than quitting cold turkey in her article “’Plug In Better’: A Manifesto”. Due to technology, our work and personal lives have become impossible to decipher, leaving no time for a stress free and balanced life away from the office.

Without a doubt, we live in a world where technology is taking over our existence. The advancements of these incredibly sophisticated machines have recreated a world where these machines carry the workload in all aspects. People from all over the world rely on these machines on a daily basis for the fact that they are efficient and innovative in every possible aspect. A vast percentage of the population questions whether these machines are destroying humanity, but in the long run, technology and its advancements are worth it.

Over the last decade people have be relying more and more on technology to do simple things.For example the E-Rover was made for people wouldn't have to walk. E-Rover is a burden on society because it contributes to our society to becoming more lazy.

When you multitask there is a chain reaction of starting with determination and ending with stress. A majority of people are aware that too much stress cannot be could for the body, but stress could also bring health problems. It is claimed that this bad habit tends to cause sleep problems, headaches, trouble focusing, anxiety, heart problems, etc. These side effects could eventually become a clue for other future diseases. As said in a wellness article, “It may be a better predictor for your risk of getting age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer than conventional diagnostic

In today’s American society we as a nation are evolving technologically. By just a click of a button products, goods, services and information are readily available and easily accessible. However, the question a raised to how beneficial technology is and how this fast pace world affects us. Realistically, with each era the more feasible thing is to alter with the time. On the other hand, by altering ourselves to fit with the pace of society, now we need to factor in the pros and cons of this alteration.

Technology has become an inseparable part of modern life, enhancing the speed of every action and increasing the pressure on human brain. It might appear that with innovations in every aspect of daily routine people should be able to have more free time and perform their tasks one by one without any hurry. On the other hand, they also could have become used to the necessity of being involved with more than one issue at the same time, and thus should be able to be constantly busy. However, it is not that simple. All of the aspects of modern life are not exclusively beneficial or solely harmful for human beings, because this impact is multifaceted and complex.

Electricity in both everyday electronic devices and in the human Central Nervous System is created through the flow of charged particles. However, in electric circuits, charge is carried by moving electrons through a conductive wire, whereas in the brain, impulses are carried by ions, or charged molecules. Electrical signals in the brain mainly take place in neurons, which are nerve cells that specialize in transferring nerve impulses. Changes in the concentration of ions in a neuron cause changes in the entire electric state of the cell, stimulating electrical signals from one neuron to another. The brain has yet to be completely mapped out, though it serves some of the most important functions in the human body. Therefore, knowledge about electrical signals in the brain, specifically in neurons, can aid in further discovery about stimulation, signal rates, and factors that affect the overall functioning of the brain.

The goal that I wanted and desired to accomplish while completing the MYP project, was to understand the impact of internet use on the human brain. The pros and cons of having information available to us at the tip of fingers, or in our pockets. I chose this project because I wanted to explore the core of human nature. I wanted to comprehend how we operate, function and work with new discoveries. Experiment with our ability to adapt to new foundings and use them at our benefits, rather than become enslaved by them. My inspiration for this project is my late grandfather. At the moment when the project was assigned out, I had just attained information on the death of my grandfather. I was educated that he apparently died, from a brain tumor that the doctors couldn’t operate on, or cure with their medicine. So I wanted to dig deeper into the realm of the human brain and know the cause of our mere existence. I wanted to understand the truth behind his brain tumor, but I knew I couldn’t delve into such matter and come out without any regrets, disappointments or even frustration. Nevertheless I did enter the brain and explored something else, giving me some sort of closure to him in a way. I believe that when my project is completed, there are various ways of evaluating it. Simple experiments could be conducted testing the modern generation’s reliability on the internet. Unmask the true meaning of independence and know what has driven people to such situations. Additionally,

Although the world is rapidly advancing with technology, in some ways that might not always be a good thing. One reason that is true is