INFOGRAPHICS: How social media is destroying our brains

Social media is rapidly burst into our lives and take it all the more space. Such networks like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ become our main source of news, means of communication and expression. However, social media is changing not only the life around us but ourselves. Scientists investigated the effects of new media on our possibilities of knowledge and assimilation of information, ability to multi-task and focused. Some of the data you can see in the infographic presented.

Surprisingly, social media influence on various aspects of our lives. The first attracted the attention of scientists multitasking skills, social interaction and ability to focus.

You have already heard many times to increase the pace of life, which is largely due to the instantaneous availability of all the information we need. Our consciousness is constantly changing and adapting to the environment in accordance with the lessons learned. It would be a big mistake to think that the many hours spent by us in the network every day, have no effect on our brain.

One of the main symptoms, manifested in almost all users is the lack of attention. The average length of time during which we can keep the account now stands at only 5 seconds. Ten years ago, this figure was 12 minutes.

The effect of "short attention span" is expressed in the fact that 25% of people forget the names and details of close friends and even relatives. 7% of people can at times forget even her own birthday. In the UK over the past year due to causes related to lack of concentration, damage was caused by more than 1.6 billion euros.

Inability to concentrate on one task leads to the fact that every time we switch to a new task, the brain has to be reconstructed. This feature is detrimental to the performance, but the entire Internet is built on this. The average office worker checks mail 30-40 times in an hour. 500,000 people use Twitter on a daily basis. People spend on Facebook 700 billion minutes every month.

In addition to changes in consciousness and behavior, social networks are addictive and at the chemical level. When using social networks are allocated the same hormones that are seen in humans, communicating with friends and family in real life. Perhaps because of this hormonal addictive for many users who do not have 24 hours access to the network, there are such phenomena such as phantom calls on the phone, the desire to check for updates in your account, even without an internet connection, and so Further.

The impact of social networking on the human brain is not yet too studied area. However, it is not necessary to wait for comprehensive scientific research, just to watch him. As far as you are addicted to your favorite sotsialochki? Whether it replaces your real communication, or vice versa, it helps to make new friends? What is it for you - good or evil?