LARGE-PRINT WWIRE EXTRA: NYT Says Web-Surfing Boosts Aging Brains

By Ian Gillingham
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This news goes out to the over-50 crowd in WWeek readerland (and there are more than 30,000 of you ): According to today's New York Times , Web-surfing stimulates aging brains:
That's surprising stuff right there—did you know that tiniest measurable unit of brain activity was called a "voxel"? I always figured it was called a "bushel." (Rimshot! Ah, I'm gonna miss the "dumb George Bush" comedy vein.)
But we also learn that the more experience oldsters have with Web searches, the more brain benefit they get from poking around the Intertubes.
So fire up a new browser window and get Googling, honored citizens! We've got a couple of searches to start you off: "how get kids off lawn" and "naughty pictures bettie page" .

You're welcome.
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