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Gary Small, a leading medical expert on memory and brain fitness, visits Google to discuss his book iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind. Never before has one generation experienced such rapid change in the brain's underlying wiring system, and the full consequences of this evolution has yet to be fully explored until now.

Gary explores the remarkable evolution of the human brain caused by today\u2019s constant technological presence. The book separates the digital natives from the digital immigrants, and suggests that the Internet\u2014with its virtually limitless wealth of news and information\u2014is radically altering the way young minds are developing and functioning. In this era of social media, Gary Small\u2019s iBrain is an important guide to understanding the astonishing impact of this new brain evolution on our society and our future, as well as a warning of its potential dangers\u2014increased mental illness, social isolation, Internet addiction, and more.

Originally published in November of 2008.

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