To the Point
The Internet and the Human Brain
The development of electronic media is the biggest thing since the printing press, and it's altering the way the human brain functions. While neuroscientists try to figure out how that's happening, we hear a debate about whether the outcome is good or bad. Also, oil slick estimates keep climbing, and the year of the woman in politics -- Carly Fiorina and Barbara Boxer’s hair.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenThe development of electronic media is the biggest thing since the printing press, and it's altering the way the human brain functions. While neuroscientists try to figure out how that's happening, we hear a debate about whether the outcome is good or bad. Also, estimates of the rate of oil spill keep climbing. On Reporter's Notebook, has a victorious woman set back the cause of women in politics?
Banner image: Seven-year-old Ashling Cannon next to a computer screen displaying the Webkinz website and her webkinz cuddly toys in Washington. Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
