The Liminal Librarian

Who knew? “Internet use ‘good for the brain’” reports that

A University of California Los Angeles team found searching the web stimulated centres in the brain that controlled decision-making and complex reasoning. The researchers say this might even help to counteract the age-related physiological changes that cause the brain to slow down.

See — Google IS our friend. And, it’s a good thing that we don’t actually sit around reading all day, because

Each volunteer underwent a brain scan while performing web searches and book-reading tasks. Both types of task produced evidence of significant activity in regions of the brain controlling language, reading, memory and visual abilities. However, the web search task produced significant additional activity in separate areas of the brain which control decision-making and complex reasoning – but only in those who were experienced web users.

Well, there you have it. [Insert obligatory one-liner here about librarians never retire, they just....]