WE'RE BRAIN FOOD, PASS IT ON! - AT 6:40 P.M. ET:  There is good news today about the therapeutic effects of the internet.  (Yes, you read that right.)  Some UCLA scientists have made us medically respectable:

Adults with little Internet experience show changes in their brain activity after just one week online, a new study finds.

The results suggest Internet training can stimulate neural activation patterns and could potentially enhance brain function and cognition in older adults.

But, of course, you have to go to the right sites.  I'm convinced that the left-wing sites have the reverse effect.  All right, that's my scientific opinion.

"We found that for older people with minimal experience, performing Internet searches for even a relatively short period of time can change brain activity patterns and enhance function," Dr. Gary Small, study author and professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, said in a statement.

COMMENT:  This will scare the daylights out of the mainstream media, which is certain that those who surf the web are airheads and sickies, looking for simple-minded, flag-waving solutions. 

They're not, and now we have evidence that their brains get better all the time.

October 20,  2009