Multitasking NOT a good idea....."Your Brain on Computers"

Loren Frank, a professor of physiology, said downtime lets the brain go over experiences, “solidify them and turn them into permanent long-term memories.”                            


i.e. having downtime lets your brain stash that stuff you just learned in long-term storage, which you can then retrieve come test time!

The original article is at
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/technology/25brain.html?_r=1&ref=technology


You can also take the Unplugged Challenge. I dare you!



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