UCL digital behaviour research in new BBC2 series

Professor David Nicholas (Head of UCL Information Studies) has led a team based in the department's research group CIBER in conducting experiments that test whether the structure of the World Wide Web ' created by Tim Berners-Lee 20 years ago ? is transforming the connections in our brains. The research shows that under-18s who have grown up with the web are better at multi-tasking, but appear to rate speed and convenience above content, depth and understanding. However, adults behave similarly, spending little time on individual websites before being lured to others or distracted by other calls on their attention.
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