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This article discusses whether our constant use of the internet might actually be changing the way our brains do their work - physically and mentally. Why should the brain retain information if it knows that Google can supplement what it's lost? Studies have shown that our habitual practices can actually change our neuronal structures, and what is more habitual than our constant use of the internet? This article posits that we may be losing some of our capability for contemplative concentration due to technology and a culture that is no longer print-based.

Since I can't give you a link to the actual book, I'm giving you the link to a google doc with a few quotes taken from the text that have been helpful to me and my research on music!

another website on music and how it affects the human mind

I found that this video could be directly related back to the concept of using your "exterior brain" Crowd-sourcing is the act of giving a task to an outside group of people...such as Wikipedia. It thinks for you!

Sarah, you might find this interesting as well: http://hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/how-crowdsource-grading