Short-term Internet search using makes people rely on search engines when facing unknown issues.
The Internet search engines, which have powerful search/sort functions and ease of use features, have become an indispensable tool for many individuals. The current study is to test whether the short-term Internet search training can make people more dependent on it. Thirty-one subjects out of forty...
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| author | Yifan Wang Lingdan Wu Liang Luo Yifen Zhang Guangheng Dong |
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| description | The Internet search engines, which have powerful search/sort functions and ease of use features, have become an indispensable tool for many individuals. The current study is to test whether the short-term Internet search training can make people more dependent on it. Thirty-one subjects out of forty subjects completed the search training study which included a pre-test, a six-day's training of Internet search, and a post-test. During the pre- and post- tests, subjects were asked to search online the answers to 40 unusual questions, remember the answers and recall them in the scanner. Un-learned questions were randomly presented at the recalling stage in order to elicited search impulse. Comparing to the pre-test, subjects in the post-test reported higher impulse to use search engines to answer un-learned questions. Consistently, subjects showed higher brain activations in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex in the post-test than in the pre-test. In addition, there were significant positive correlations self-reported search impulse and brain responses in the frontal areas. The results suggest that a simple six-day's Internet search training can make people dependent on the search tools when facing unknown issues. People are easily dependent on the Internet search engines. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-089c9df26f1f43a093343f1c0da986f92022-12-22T01:34:49ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01124e017632510.1371/journal.pone.0176325Short-term Internet search using makes people rely on search engines when facing unknown issues.Yifan WangLingdan WuLiang LuoYifen ZhangGuangheng DongThe Internet search engines, which have powerful search/sort functions and ease of use features, have become an indispensable tool for many individuals. The current study is to test whether the short-term Internet search training can make people more dependent on it. Thirty-one subjects out of forty subjects completed the search training study which included a pre-test, a six-day's training of Internet search, and a post-test. During the pre- and post- tests, subjects were asked to search online the answers to 40 unusual questions, remember the answers and recall them in the scanner. Un-learned questions were randomly presented at the recalling stage in order to elicited search impulse. Comparing to the pre-test, subjects in the post-test reported higher impulse to use search engines to answer un-learned questions. Consistently, subjects showed higher brain activations in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex in the post-test than in the pre-test. In addition, there were significant positive correlations self-reported search impulse and brain responses in the frontal areas. The results suggest that a simple six-day's Internet search training can make people dependent on the search tools when facing unknown issues. People are easily dependent on the Internet search engines.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5404767?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Yifan Wang Lingdan Wu Liang Luo Yifen Zhang Guangheng Dong Short-term Internet search using makes people rely on search engines when facing unknown issues. PLoS ONE |
| title | Short-term Internet search using makes people rely on search engines when facing unknown issues. |
| title_full | Short-term Internet search using makes people rely on search engines when facing unknown issues. |
| title_fullStr | Short-term Internet search using makes people rely on search engines when facing unknown issues. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Short-term Internet search using makes people rely on search engines when facing unknown issues. |
| title_short | Short-term Internet search using makes people rely on search engines when facing unknown issues. |
| title_sort | short term internet search using makes people rely on search engines when facing unknown issues |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5404767?pdf=render |
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