BBC NEWS | Health | Internet use 'good for the brain'

BBC NEWS | Health | Internet use 'good for the brain': "For middle aged and older people at least, using the internet helps boost brain power, research suggests.

A University of California Los Angeles team found searching the web stimulates centres in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning.

The researchers say this might even help to counter-act the age-related physiological changes that cause the brain to slow down."