Comments on: The Internet as a City: Thoughts on the Connected Brain http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2009/01/08/the-internet-as-a-city-thoughts-on-the-connected-brain/ Berkman investigators, fellows, research assistants and interns sound off about all things Digital Natives Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:53:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nikki Leon http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2009/01/08/the-internet-as-a-city-thoughts-on-the-connected-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-3599 Nikki Leon Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:19:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/?p=270#comment-3599 "Resisting these temptations requires us to flex the prefrontal cortex, a nub of brain just behind the eyes. Unfortunately, this is the same brain area that’s responsible for directed attention, which means that it’s already been depleted from walking around the city. " Also, the prefrontal cortex is still developing during adolescence -- especially significant in the case of digital natives, it would seem. “Resisting these temptations requires us to flex the prefrontal cortex, a nub of brain just behind the eyes. Unfortunately, this is the same brain area that’s responsible for directed attention, which means that it’s already been depleted from walking around the city. ”

Also, the prefrontal cortex is still developing during adolescence — especially significant in the case of digital natives, it would seem.

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