January 23, 2009

Blogging: An Epicenter of Mental Activity

When you start thinking about blogs and how one writes, you have to consider two important questions. These questions include how a blogger thinks and what he actually thinks. The answer lies in the Brain itself. Neuroscientists opine that enhanced mental activity and certain biochemical reactions actually cause changes in the structures of our brains. This change in structure of the brain further causes a change in our thought process.

Blogging: A Psychoanalytical View
Listed below are extenuating points that uphold blogging as a healthy brain exercise and a must do activity.

Blogs Can Promote Critical and Analytical Thinking
The best blogs are written to promote fast interactions and an exchange of ideas among individuals over the Internet. You can write about your views, criticisms, praises or responses to a blogger. Blogs are a much simpler, more direct and interactive substitutes for televisions and videogames. As blogs are written in text-based format, bloggers must write for the visitors to read (rather than passively view) the postings. These textual blogs can easily be customized in a self-paced fashion, allowing time for analysis and reflection. Further, words must by their very nature be analyzed, organized, and interpreted before they can be understood, providing more time for critical reflection.

Blogging Can Be a Powerful Appetizer of Creative, Intuitive, and Associational Thinking
For blogs to remain fresh in the minds of Internet audience, they have to be frequently updated. This constant demand for output promotes a kind of spontaneity and raw thinking. Blogging updates can be posted with just a few clicks, whenever a new thought or an interesting idea is found.

Blogs Promote Analogical Thinking
Blogs written by professionals such as attorneys, philosophers, and academicians’ breed high intellectual rigor among common individuals. Further, feedback from professionals serve as an opportunity for budding thinkers to witness and evaluate arguments.

Blogging Is A Powerful Medium For Increasing Access And Exposure To Quality Information
Retrievable information on the web can be accessed by linking to branching "threads" and webs. You can also append primary source materials and reference works.

Blogging Combines the Best of Solitary Reflection and Social Interaction
Blogging offers a perfect blend of sharing ideas and resources across the web. The dictum of "working by yourself" and "working with other people" holds apt for blogging. The feedback as the result of information accessed opens up newer possibilities of thought as posts foment criticisms and awe.

Thus blogging helps elevating creative thinking and refines it to spontaneity. It enhances communication and interactivity among the Internet audience.

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by Bryan Hoff
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