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Essay / The next stage of brain evolution - 1679
This experience will first cause an addiction to the feeling of power and self-esteem. During this time, people feel more confident and connected, leading them down the path to continued partial attention. There will be a boost in energy and memory may actually increase in the short term. The problem is that the brain can no longer handle the excessive amount of information. At this stage, stress and adrenaline build up in the body and long-term exposure can harm mental and physical health. Evidence supports the idea that these events can alter neural pathways, thereby changing the physiology of our brain. (Small and Vorgan, 2008). This means that the parts of the brain that control mood and thoughts are transformed without knowing the effects. There is another article written by Richard Woods called Report: The Next Step in Brain Evolution which focuses on a young woman who said: "Every morning I wake up, I check my messages on my cell phone, I have a cup of tea and check my emails… Technology is an essential part of my daily social and academic life. » Woods describes her as a “digital native” because she grew up in the technological age. Her mother, however, is described as a “digital immigrant,” someone who did not grow up with technology. He used these two individuals as an example of how the explosion of technology in our lives is only increasing. More and more things are being done, the impossible suddenly becomes possible and we can now connect the human brain to a computer. If we actually started connecting our physical being to a computer, would we still be human? This type of evolution will lead to the death of all natural things. We can only imagine the outcome of what our future technology will be...... middle of paper ......the Meet | Fast business. July 1, 2010. Web. Pennington, Natalie. “Will You Be My Friend: Facebook as a Model for the Evolution of theSocial Penetration Theory” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the 94th NCA Annual Convention, TBD, San Diego, California, November 20, 2008. Small, Gary and Gigi Vorgan. "Your IBrain: How technology is changing the way we think: Scientific American." News, articles and scientific information | Scientific American. Oct. 8, 2008. Internet. .Wood, Richard. "Report: The next step in brain evolution - Times Online." Times | UKNews, world news and opinions. July 9, 2006. The web..