Web Fox

The BBC’s Virtual Revolution and Lab UK are conducting a web behaviour test to determine whether people who spend a large amounts of time online use their brains differently from people who are rarely online. Scientists believe that people who use the internet a lot may adopt different strategies for dealing with large amounts of information at once. They may become better or worse at tests which require multitasking or memory. You can participate in the web behaviour test here.

The results of the test are divided into eight animals: bear; elephant; fox; hedgehog; leopard; elk; octopus; ostrich. Although the test does take around 20 minutes I had to find out what I was.

I am a web fox.

Fast-moving – Web Foxes like you are great at finding information quickly, just as real-world foxes are always ready to pounce on an opportunity.

Sociable – Foxes are highly social animals, maintaining complex relationships with the other members of their social group. When you browse the web you are also a social creature, often using social networks, or other sites whose content is created by its users, as sources of information.

Adaptable – Web Foxes are highly adaptable multitaskers, able to do several things at the same time – just like real-world foxes who can rapidly change their behaviour to suit their environments.

So then, what animal are you?  Was it what you expected?

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