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The link to the study is broken. And I'm desperate to read it before I forget why I clicked on it. And then I need to send it to my video-gamer husband.

Oh crap, what was I doing here again? I came from twitter.

I'd think that it would help with memory, for me it's like note taking. When I find something cool, I tweet it. It's not that I'll go back and look, but the act of writing (or pasting) it helps me remember.

followup: the copy/paste works but not the click-through. Interesting article.

If the link above is not working for you... try this one. :)

http://bit.ly/3limLm

Forgive me for being arrogant but I think alot of it is fluff.

In an age where emotional intelligence is prevalent knowledge, we really should stop with these catch-all phrases of intelligence.

Similarly, working memory? Working memory on what? Neither twitter nor facebook nor videogames seem like they can produce any valuable memory even if you can remember them.

I'm not dissing them but I might as well say constantly letting yourself be nearly slashed to death, submitted until you tap, punched until you have enough feel for what a KO feels like and the constant daily trauma of life (as long as you don't try to shut it out) are even better for memory.

while facebook is ab’t social networking, Twitter is about engaging. Engagements r always sensational, or brain tickling

I have to agree with you - I don't use Facebook for many reasons, but in my short time on Twitter, I've learned so much about so many things. I've shared so many links to interesting articles, and learned quite a few things from other people's links to articles (like yours :) ). And I remember almost all of them, while I can't remember ever learning anything on Facebook. Or maybe my working memory is just kaput. :)

couldn't agree more!

bullshit - twitter is good for our brain and is the best tool for languages learining ;)

Completely agree with Trudy and wolfpaas. Learned and engaged with interesting people so much more on Twitter.

Somehow Facebook just seems slow and obsessed with more navel gazing - perfect for keeping up with personal friends.

Twitter is fast and (more often than not) leads you on interesting journeys all over the net. So my vote on working memory, whatever that is, goes for Twitter!

"The good (or bad) news that is that playing video games that involving planning and strategy may help the development of information processing."

Another reason why I shud buy PS3! (not xbox)

This is the most ridiculous statement ever. Writer has no idea of how to properly use Twitter.

Twitter is like texting & email... use sparingly. Minimum Tweets+Important messages=more sticky content.

I can't remember what i was going to say... Blame it on Twitter! Interesting posterous.

No, I'm referring to the statement by Dr. Alloway - sorry for the confusion, did I just get tagged?

For some this may be true. But we all have different learning/memory styles. Twitter is good for me.

When I was a kid my grandma and other relatives used to fret that I was playing too much on the computer (an Apple II+). My friends and I played Adventure (an early word-based game) and Wizardry (kind of a D&D type game). My dad would always defend the activity, for reasons like Guy talks about here. The relatives didn't really understand what the computer was or was for. Very early in the evolution of things. But the same issues remain today. Some games are more stimulating to the brain than others.

I wanted to respond to that article myself but I guess my working memory must have failed me and I forgot. In the meantime you've done so much better. What will those academics come up with next? Guess posting a response here rather than with a tweet will improve my working memory!

Like this post and tweeted it to the folks on Twitter. I'm not into navel gazing, I don't get Facebook

I don't think the researcher who conducted study understands Twitter. He puts Twitter in the same category as YouTube, that's really like comparing Apples and Oranges.

@Zahid,

Not trying to defend the researcher but there is some validity to that.

The video format + the time and content of Youtube is equivalent to the 140 characters style of Twitter.

Youtube just seems longer because of the video format but most of them have the same theme except the visual format of Youtube also allows for ads, TV recordings, etc. but videoblogging can be very similar with micro-blogging IMO.