A very interesting blog entry about whether blogging can improve brain capacity was posted on the . The post starts off with the question “”
Why ask this question? The primary reason can be found in one of the central tenets of modern neuroscience: “The neurons that fire together, wire together.” What this basically means is that our mental activities actually cause changes in the structures of our brains—not only what we think, but how we think as well. Given such activity-directed change, it always makes sense to ask whenever large numbers of people start using their brains in new and different ways, what effects these new activities are likely to have on brain structure and function.
The Eides (physician-parents with a national referral practice for children with learning difficulties) stipulate that blogging is likely good for you for a number of reasons:
- Blogs can promote critical and analytical thinking.
- Blogging can be a powerful promoter of creative, intuitive, and associational thinking.
- Blogs promote analogical thinking.
- Blogging is a powerful medium for increasing access and exposure to quality information.
- Blogging combines the best of solitary reflection and social interaction.
Some very interesting points about how active blogging can improve brain capacity, filled with good background information and scientific justification. !