In a survey carried out by the Pew Research Center, participants were fairly evenly split about how Internet wired world will impact the teenagers and twenty-somethings of "Generation Y," Reuters reported.

In all, 1,021 technology insiders, critics and students took part in the survey released on Wednesday.

Fifty-five percent of them agreed with a statement that in 2020 the brains of young people would be "wired" differently from those over 35, with good results for finding answers quickly and without shortcomings in their mental processes.

But 42 percent were pessimistic, agreeing with a second statement that in 2020 young technology users would be easily distracted, would lack deep thinking skills and would thirst only for instant gratification.

(China.org.cn March 3, 2012)

據路透社報道，在皮尤研究中心周三發布的一份調查中，就互聯網世界對“千禧一代”少年和二十幾歲的青年將產生的影響，參與人員差不多分成了兩派。

共有1021名科技業內人士、評論家和學生參與了調查。

55%的人贊同一種說法，即2020年青年人大腦的“連接”構造與35歲以上人的大腦不同，優勢在于他們能迅速找到答案，思維過程并無缺陷。

但是42%的人卻很悲觀，同意另一種觀點，即2020年，科技產品的年輕用戶易分心，缺乏深度思考的能力，只滿足簡短的信息。