The story was all over the place a couple of days ago and I thought about posting to TiPS about it but it struck me as being just another rank piece of pop cog neuroscience.
For one presentation of the research, see: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/10/20/141560380/dont-count-on-facebook-boosting-your-brainpower-just-yet If one takes one interpretation of the results to a logical/absurd extreme, one might be led to the following statement which is a paraphrase of what Samuel L. Jackson said in "Pulp Fiction": "Check out the big brain on Mark Zuckerberg!" The original research article can be accessed here: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/10/12/rspb.2011.1959 Note the title: "Online social network size is reflected in human brain structure". -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:06:58 -0700, michael sylvester wrote: > A TV station in my area has segment on research findings periodically..I >assume that Googling would help.Apparently it was a positive correlation-more >friends on Facebook,more gray matter. and enhanced memory. ----- Original Message ----- On Friday, October 21, 2011 11:16 AM, Michael Britt wrote: > Hmm...sounds interesting. Got a link? I'm always interested in what the >"Britts" are doing.... On Oct 21, 2011, at 11:07 AM, michael sylvester wrote: The Brits are reporting that they have found a correlation between the amount of friends that one has on facebook and the amount of gray matter in the brain. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=13574 or send a blank email to leave-13574-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
