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Title:
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INTERNET USE AND COMPLEX COGNITIVE PROCESSES |
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Author(s):
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Genevieve Marie Johnson , Julia Ann Johnson |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-55-3 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2008 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Internet use, verbal reasoning, nonverbal reasoning, college students, cognition |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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83 |
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Last Page:
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90 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Theoretically, there is a reciprocal, spiraling relationship between increasingly complex cognitive processes and
increasingly complex tools such as the Internet. Four hundred six college students completed measures of verbal
reasoning, nonverbal reasoning, and patterns of Internet use. Significant group differences in nonverbal reasoning
consistently favored frequent Internet users (e.g., in terms of use of search engines and playing games online). With
respect to visiting chat rooms and downloading music, however, infrequent users demonstrated better verbal reasoning
than frequent users. Findings suggest that extensive and safe use of the Internet is associated with increased human capacity to
reason. Internet use is not simply the ability to manipulate a set of physical tools (i.e., devices and applications), it is the
ability to execute a set of cognitive tools. |
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