Book reading is like scuba diving in which the diver is submerged in a quiet, visually restricted, slow-paced setting with few distractions and, as a result, is required to focus narrowly and think deeply on the limited information that is available to them. In contrast, using the Internet is like jet skiing, in which the jet skier is skimming along the surface of the water at high speed, exposed to a broad vista, surrounded by many distractions, and only able to focus fleetingly on any one thing.
Through using this idea researchists have found that a child that plays video games and any other media such as watching TV e.c.t., can increase reaction times and the capacity to identify details among clutter. This doesn't necessarily make children stupid, however just makes their process of thinking different from others. For example, using the internet to search in search engines is causing children to not remember things a such but more skilled at remembering where to find it instead.
With the information that is now available to us 24 hours of the day it is becoming less important for children than to know where to look for something. Through this the information that you once needed to retain in our brains allows our brains to start and engage in more 'higher-order' processing such as contemplation, critical thinking, and problem solving.
