{"id":6864,"date":"2015-09-25T07:51:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T14:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/3.0\/?p=6864"},"modified":"2015-09-25T07:51:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T14:51:06","slug":"how-the-internet-is-changing-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/how-the-internet-is-changing-your-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Internet is Changing Your Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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See a fascinating infographic<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0onlinecoursereport.com\u00a0(read the basic findings below)\u00a0that describes how the Internet is changing the way our brain works (for both good and bad).<\/p>\n

Distracted? 7 Ways the Internet is Changing Our Brains<\/h2>\n

The Internet is a marvelous thing. Games, vast information, shopping, friends, medical advice: all at our fingertips. But how has constant access to the Internet and its technology changed our brains?<\/p>\n

1. We Experience FOMO, or Fear of Missing Out.<\/h2>\n

56%<\/b><\/p>\n

Percentage of social network users who experience anxiety when unable to access their profiles<\/p>\n

40%<\/b><\/p>\n

Percentage of 13- to 67-year-olds who say social media has increased their fear of missing out<\/p>\n

2. Our Sleep Patterns Are Worse.<\/h2>\n

90%<\/b><\/p>\n

Percentage of people using a tech device in the bedroom before bedtime<\/p>\n

87%<\/b>Percentage of users who report at least one sleep problem a few times per week<\/p>\n

16%<\/b>Percentage of users who report surfing the Internet while awake at night due to sleep problems<\/p>\n

3. Our Attention Span Is Waning.<\/h2>\n

Human attention span\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Year: Seconds<\/b><\/p>\n

2000: 12<\/p>\n

2013: 8<\/p>\n

That\u2019s 1 second shorter than the attention span of a goldfish.<\/p>\n

4. So Is Our Impulse Control.<\/h2>\n

Impulse control disorder (ICD) is now a bona fide psychiatric issue.<\/p>\n

In a study of 10,000 people 18 years of age or older, 7.3% showed symptoms of a chronic ICD problem.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of ICD<\/i><\/p>\n

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  • Uncontrollable urge to buy\/steal\/lie<\/li>\n
  • Aggression<\/li>\n
  • Irritability<\/li>\n
  • Lack of patience<\/li>\n
  • Difficulty concentrating<\/li>\n
  • Obsessive thoughts<\/li>\n
  • Social isolation<\/li>\n
  • Depression<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    5. We\u2019re More Creative!<\/h2>\n

    Just look at all we have created thanks to the wonders of the Internet:<\/p>\n

    There are over 3 million apps.<\/p>\n

    300 hours<\/b> of YouTube videos are uploaded every minute.<\/p>\n

    Millions<\/b> of Instagram photos are posted every day.<\/p>\n

    500 million<\/b> Tweets are posted every day.<\/p>\n

    The Web allows us to collaborate and share ideas.<\/p>\n

    Writers, artists, musicians and inventors<\/b> all have sites to showcase their talents to the world.<\/p>\n

    6. But Our Memory Is Suffering.<\/h2>\n

    In a memory study of two age groups, 87% of those over 50 could remember standard personal information. Only 40% of those under 30 could do so, having to reach for their phones to find the answer.<\/p>\n

    Immediate access to Google searches contributes to a lack of information retention.<\/p>\n

    40,000<\/b>Google searches made per second, which is about 3.5 billion per day.<\/p>\n

    7. We Might Be Addicts.<\/h2>\n

    1 in 8<\/b><\/p>\n

    Americans who suffer from problematic Internet use<\/p>\n

    60%<\/b>Percentage of new cases of sex addiction attributed to widespread sexual content that is now available on mobile devices<\/p>\n

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              See a fascinating infographic\u00a0from\u00a0onlinecoursereport.com\u00a0(read the basic findings below)\u00a0that describes how the Internet is changing the way our brain works (for both good and bad). Distracted? 7 Ways the Internet is Changing Our Brains The Internet is a marvelous thing. Games, vast information, shopping, friends, medical advice: all at our fingertips. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1526],"tags":[193,1077,102,586,1078,371,80,105],"class_list":["post-6864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-attention","tag-impulse-control","tag-internet","tag-internet-addiction","tag-memory","tag-sleep","tag-social-media","tag-technology-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}