The document discusses research on how social networking sites may impact brain structure and function. It describes how MRI can be used to measure plasticity in local brain structures and global connectivity patterns. Specifically, the talk outlines an experiment using fMRI to examine if extensive Facebook use alters people's theory of mind abilities as measured by social cognitive tasks. The study aims to provide insights into how digital technologies may be reshaping social cognition.
10. STRUCTURAL PLASTICITY IN DEVELOPMENT Gogtay et al. Dynamic mapping of human cortical development during childhood through early adulthood. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2004) vol. 101 (21) pp. 8174-9
20. BRAAAAIIINNSSS….. “ A study by the Broadcaster Audience Research Board found teenagers now spend seven-and-a-half hours a day in front of a screen. Educational psychologist Jane Healy believes children should be kept away from computer games until they are seven. Most games only trigger the 'flight or fight' region of the brain, rather than the vital areas responsible for reasoning. Sue Palmer, author of Toxic Childhood, said: 'We are seeing children's brain development damaged because they don't engage in the activity they have engaged in for millennia.” -Daily Mail
40. THANK YOU! Thanks to: Andreas Roepstorff, Antoine Lutz, Peter Vestergaard Interacting Minds and the Danish Center for Functionally Integrative Neuroscience Yishay Mor and the LKL Contact: [email_address] Twitter: @neuroconscience URL: neuroconscience.com Slides available at:
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Note: Task-related FC and intrinsic FC have been implicated in social cognition, memory, narrative, and other tasks.