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Internet stimulates elderly

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SEARCHING the web may be more beneficial for the brain than reading a book, scientists say.

Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles measured a two-fold increase in brain activity among the websavvy compared with internet novices in a study of the elderly.

Team leader Dr Gary Small said the results encouraged the idea that computerised technologies may have benefits for middleaged and older adults.

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