How Has the Internet Reshaped Human Cognition?

Neuroscientist

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 506-520

  Loh, Kep Kee ^a   Kanai, Ryota ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognition; digital natives; human brain; Internet addiction; Internet effects; multitasking; neuroscience; technology

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DISTRACTIBILITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERMEDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; INVENTION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SELF CONTROL; THINKING; WRITING; ADDICTION; BRAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; REWARD;

EID: 84987680609     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858415595005     Document Type: Review

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