Richard Restak Essay 1
Zachary DeCosta
Paper 1
Tuesday/Thursday 8am
9/4/14
Richard Restak In the excerpt from Richard Restak, he talked about how the plasticity of our brain is changing the way we do things toay. The human brain is changing everyday and there is no way anyone can stop it. Richard Restak, an expert on the brain, talks about how the plasticity of our brains is changing constantly. He believes that this change is negatively hindering our ability to focus and produce a single task. The rewiring of our brains is forcing us as humans to make many changes to our everyday lives, and the main change it is causing us is that in order to function we need to multitask. Multitasking is the new thing today; everyone wants to be able to do as many things as possible at one time. The plasticity of our brain is changing, and it’s negatively affecting us. Because of the new rewiring of our brain, multitasking is a negative thing because it shortens our attention span, devalues relationships, distracts us from the real moment and it causes people to be less efficient. First off, multitasking is negatively affecting humans because it is shortening their attention span. Restak says, “Multitasking forces our brain to process ever-increasing amounts of information at, ever-increasing rates”(410). Because people are trying to process so much information at one time it’s forces our brain to adapt, and it’s choosing to adapt with ADD and ADHD. Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is the inability to concentrate on a task for a length of time. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder resulting in poor concentration and hyperactivity. These disorders are becoming more of a cognitive style, which isn’t a good thing. People need to focus on one thing at a time so their brain doesn’t adapt and change to make these disorders cognitive. In today’s society, technology is the controller of everything. People have to be connected to technology every second of the day. The plasticity of
Paper 1
Tuesday/Thursday 8am
9/4/14
Richard Restak In the excerpt from Richard Restak, he talked about how the plasticity of our brain is changing the way we do things toay. The human brain is changing everyday and there is no way anyone can stop it. Richard Restak, an expert on the brain, talks about how the plasticity of our brains is changing constantly. He believes that this change is negatively hindering our ability to focus and produce a single task. The rewiring of our brains is forcing us as humans to make many changes to our everyday lives, and the main change it is causing us is that in order to function we need to multitask. Multitasking is the new thing today; everyone wants to be able to do as many things as possible at one time. The plasticity of our brain is changing, and it’s negatively affecting us. Because of the new rewiring of our brain, multitasking is a negative thing because it shortens our attention span, devalues relationships, distracts us from the real moment and it causes people to be less efficient. First off, multitasking is negatively affecting humans because it is shortening their attention span. Restak says, “Multitasking forces our brain to process ever-increasing amounts of information at, ever-increasing rates”(410). Because people are trying to process so much information at one time it’s forces our brain to adapt, and it’s choosing to adapt with ADD and ADHD. Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is the inability to concentrate on a task for a length of time. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder resulting in poor concentration and hyperactivity. These disorders are becoming more of a cognitive style, which isn’t a good thing. People need to focus on one thing at a time so their brain doesn’t adapt and change to make these disorders cognitive. In today’s society, technology is the controller of everything. People have to be connected to technology every second of the day. The plasticity of