Scientists ask: Is technology rewiring our brains?
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 15:37
in Psychology & Sociology
(AP) -- What does a teenage brain on Google look like? Do all those hours spent online rewire the circuitry? Could these kids even relate better to emoticons than to real people? These sound like concerns from worried parents. But they're coming from brain scientists.
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