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Several research studies have indicated that as we spend more time on the internet clicking through hyperlinks and Skimming through the page contents, the more we are multi-tasking and distracted we are.

In one study, volunteers had their eyes monitered by equipment to locate where they looking, then after all of the volunteers have finished, the authors have noticed an F pattern of skimming trough the page.

The internet has changed the way we think, write, and read. The gradual change from physical books to changeable e-books that can be edited online affects how the reader and the writer interact with the book, or in other words "deep reading" is deceasing.

There were many experiments performed in order to understand how the brain works. For example, oceanic creatures are a top choice to perform neurological test because of their large nerve cells and simple nervous system. This section of the book focuses on how even thought (without any action) can cause a substantial change to our psyche.

It amazes me how the plasticity of the brain was discovered in the early days, since sigmund freud, however it was ignored because of the common convention of the brain being unable to change. Later on, it was discovered by Merzenich that the brain is changeable by a process called neuroplasticity.