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TEST 1: READING AND USE OF ENGUSH EEtS You re going to reac an article about the effects of cigital macla on people's minds. For questions 81-36, choose the answer (A, B, Cor D) which you think fits bast according to the text. In the exam, mark your answers on the separate answer sheet Is the internet making us stupid? Inan ate in Scone, Patricia Green developmental psychologist who rns UCLA’ Childrens Digital Media Center, reviewed dozens of studies on how diferent media rechnologiesinflaence aur cognitive sbilies, Some ofthe studies indicated tha certain computer tasks, like playing video games, increase the speed ar which peopl ca shifé cei focus among, leans and other images on screens, ther sud, however, found that such rapid shi in focus, even iF performed adeply esl in les rigorous and ‘more automat’ thinking Tnone experiment at an American universe, half clas af students was allowed ¢o ws intenee-connected loprops during a lect, while dhe other hal had > esp this computer she. Those who Browsed the web perfoumed much worse on a subsequent est of how well they retained the lect’ conten, Earlier expesinents revealed char as dhe number of nin an online document goes up, reading comprehension fills, and as mote types of information are placed ona ere, ‘ve remember ls of what me ee. Steen conclaed chat every medium develops some cognitive sills ar the expense of ther’. Our growing ‘use of creen-based medi, she sid, as strengthened visual-spaialincligence, which can sengthen the abilyy ‘0 do job chat involve keeping wack oflos of rapidly changing signals, lke poring plane or monitoring | appaceneduting surgery. Homever, that has been accompanied by ‘new weakness in higher onder cognitive | process including abstact vocabulary. mindfuls, ‘election, inditve problem-solving, cal hiking nd imaginacion. Wee becoming, in 2 word, shallower Swidies of our behavior online support this conclusion. German researchers found tha web browses ‘sully spend less chan ten seconds looking ata page Even peuple doing aesdemie research online tend to ‘bounce’ rapidly beeween documenss, rzly reading more than a page or two, according toa Univesity College London study. Such mental juggling takes igo. In 2 rene experiment at Stanford Universi, researchers {anv various cognitive ests 10 49 people who do alot ‘of media muttasking and 52 people who muliase ‘much ls frequently. The heavy enultskers performed poorly onal che tess, They were more easly disracted, had less contol over thee attention and were much TEST 1: READING AND USE OF ENGLISH lesable co dasnguish imporans information from trivia The researchers were surprised by the rests. They ‘expected the inensive mukitaskers to have gained some mental advantages. That wast the case though. In face, the muliskers werent even good ar muleasking “Bverything dsract them said Cliford Nas, one of the researchers. Tewould be one thing the il eects wen aya soon as we turned off our computes and mobiles, but they dont. The elular srucur of the human bia, Scientists have discovered, adaps readily ro che ool we ‘et find, tone and share informatio, By changing our habis of mind, each new technology srengthens certain ‘neural pathways and weakens others. The alterations shape the way we chink even when were no sing the technology. The pioneering ncuoscentit Michael “Merzenich believes ovr brine are being ‘masiveiy remodelled!’ by ou ever-intensfjing use of the web and related medi. In 2009, he said tht he was profoundly oui about the cogutive consequences ofthe constant Aissetions and inerraptions te internet bombard us ich. The longcerm effec on the quality oF our imellecual lives he sad, could be deny ‘ocall dsracions ae bad. As most of us know if we 47 When she's creating a new dance, Amy A. finds it easier to work clrectly with a composer. 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