Browsing the Internet Cause Brain Dysfunction

BROWSING the internet was changing the way our brains work and reduce the ability to think and concentrate. Warning was delivered by a leading psychologist in the UK.

Sheila Keegan said that Internet use can cause brain dysfunction. "We spend more time on the internet and. As a result, we re-think shallow brains," he said as quoted by the Herald Sun. "Our concentration will be more easily disturbed," he added

Advanced study also concluded that Internet addiction in the long run will lead to chronic brain dysfunction. Dr Keegan say U.S. study has also revealed some five-year-old children spend up to six hours a day in front of a computer screen.

With increasing duration of periods spent on the child alone in front of the TV or computer, this could mean young people do not develop the social skills they needed for a later date. "Children need to have good balance. They can learn a lot from the internet,". The research was presented at the conference Australian Marketing and Social Research in Sydney.