1. How Can Technology AffectThe Brain?By Armando SilvestreBiologyP.2

2. Standards Unit 9: Human Psychology9B: Students know how the nervous system mediatescommunication between different parts of the bodyand the bodys interactions with the environment. Unit 9 : Human Psychology 9D: Students know the functions of the nervoussystem and the role of neurons in transmittingelectrochemical impulses. 3. How Do The StandardsRelate To My Topic?This relates to my topic by neurons which are cells butjust not regular cells. Sensory neurons translatelight, sounds into neural signals, so which allows us tosee, and hear. Motor neurons transmits signals for themovement of muscle, and glands.What is a gland?A gland is a organ which animals have in order to releasea substances such as hormones, and breast milk. 4. What is Technology?Well, theres 5 different types of technology that wespeak, but we are going to talk about 1 which istechnology as in objects such as:tools, machines, instrument, weapons, appliances. 5. TechnologyWe all know that technology has been advancing. Here in the21 century we still see technology is still at its best. Manyteens today use technology way to much, and this happensbecause they were born in this century so theyresurrounded by computers, video games, cell phones, andetc.If technology were to fall teens would have nothing to dowell most of them. about 21 millions of teens are on theinternet,51 percent of teens have broadband connections,81percent of teens are playing video games, and 75 percent useinstant messaging. 6. The Human BrainThe brain is the central nervous system or like a commandcenter.what the brain does is tells your whole body what todo.what the brain is its like a large usb or memory whybecause our brain holds everything what we learn inschool, memory like in the past. Some of the dieses in thebrain are: inflammation and what this is like you lose yourvision, causes weakness, paralysis, another disease is astoke which is if u lose brain cells you wont be able tothink clearly, the next one is brain strokes and what that isits likes pressures the nervous system and will cause thebrain to not work rite, the last disease Alzheimer what thismeans is where it happens at first ismemory, language, and thought, there is no cure for thisdisease, but they are drugs that can help the symptomsfrom getting worse. 7. The Good Affects From Technology To The Brain1. The brain adapts to the internet and you become moreefficient for finding information.2. Playing Video games can improve your visual acuity.Note: visual acuity is like how well you can see. 8. Video 9. The bad affects from technology to the brain1. students or people take an easy way to go onGoogle and search for information or in Microsoftword use spell check, the bad things of this is thatwith this people do not want to memorize as muchso its like if there lazy.2. When using the internet you lose social skills.3. Calculators cause losing math skills and the brainwill forget. 10. Video 11. Papers from students 12. Information Sitations1.WWW.blogs.cannenberg.org/Technology Affects our Brains: Maybe for theBetter/Erin Richards/December 92009/http://blogs.uscannenberg.org/erin_richards/2009/12/technology-affects-our-brains.html2. http://en.wikipedia.org//Brain/From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia/1December 2011/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain3. http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/What is Technology?/JohnBilton/http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/trinity/watistec.html4. http://www.nytimes.com/Attached to Technology and Paying a Price/MattRichtel/Published: June6, 2010/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html 13. Pictures Sitations1. Linda J.Vorvick/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/1074.htm2. http://www.inkingrey.com/article/323/the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-technology