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Facebook and Bebo risk 'infantilising' the human mind


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Greenfield warns social networking sites are changing children's brains, resulting in selfish and attention deficient young people

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/24/social-networking-site-changing-childrens-brains

 

Social network sites risk infantilising the mid-21st century mind, leaving it characterised by short attention spans, sensationalism, inability to empathise and a shaky sense of identity, according to a leading neuroscientist.

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