It would be naive to believe that new technologies do not alter the functioning of the brain. In fact, computers and all that? Smart devices: they are, as the name suggests, extensions of various functions of our brain and are specifically designed to facilitate the work of our superior capabilities.
Thus, the way we expose ourselves to new technologies has changed the way we think and do things, especially when we do many activities, just as Homo sapiens has learned to use their hand in a new way and this has caused changes in their brain. , today we are introducing changes based on how we perform our tasks.
- So far no study has shown radical changes.
- These are just minor changes that were introduced quickly and in large numbers anyway.
- Where will that lead us? We don’t know yet.
- What we do know is that we are losing some skills and developing others.
“Technology is nothing. The important thing is that you trust people, who are fundamentally good and intelligent, and if you give them tools, will they do wonderful things with them?-Steve Jobs-
Even before the advent of new technologies, we used memory much more, although we had the ability to write, we didn’t have access to information with the current installation, we help each other with notebooks, phone directories or tips to remember the data we needed to have at hand.
With the advent of new technologies, memory began to lose its importance. First, because the volume of data circulating on the network is significant. There’s no memory exposed to so much information all the time. Then our memory changed. People select data faster than they remember it. Besides, we don’t have as good a memory as before, or at least we don’t trust her that much. But, of course, there are exceptions.
In turn, we are developing much more our information search capability, the first encounters with new technologies caused confusion, many did not know where to look for answers to the questions posed, it is a thing of the past. We now have many more capabilities to quickly search for data and evaluate its validity.
Many sources claim that video games are associated with compulsive behaviors, contribute little and can even make people sick, they are also said to contribute to the user losing the notion of reality, and that it can only alienate us.
While in extreme situations all this is true, so is the fact that video games can be an interesting playground for our minds, with them, for example, we can improve the acuity of our perception capacity, fundamentally in war games.
The visual system has a central focus, allowing you to focus your eyes on something and examine all the details. At the same time, is there another area called? Device??? that partially captures certain details of the environment. With war or combat video games, we need to have a much broader view, because enemies can appear from any angle.
Mobile phone use has grown exponentially in less than ten years. Few people have not turned these devices into an extension of their body. Messages, data and information of all kinds are exchanged from them. From the hour to the last event in a remote part of the world.
Some experts in the phenomenon say that it has changed the way mobile phone users control the hand, which is particularly visible in young people. The area of the brain that controls the thumbs has expanded considerably in response to this new way of using your fingers.
As for social media, there are still many puzzles, no one can deny that they have transformed the way we relate and our behavior towards others, this, of course, requires modification of certain brain functions, however, so far, the actual impact of these changes have not been detected. The way we communicate and socialize is changing, and we still cannot imagine many of the consequences of these changes.
Inevitably, new technologies have changed the way we are and do things, like all the changes that civilization has introduced, it seems irreversible, which obviously involves losses and profits. They represent a new stage in the history of the human brain and it is up to us to reach their full potential.