Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Is television bad for the brain? – Newsweek Poland

Those who for 25 watched television more than three hours per day, worse solved reasoning tasks – demonstrated by research scientists. Does this mean that TV makes you stupid, no matter what content issues?

Does this mean defects of the brain studied? Scientists are investigating. While they know that the viewer more time is spent watching television, the worse falls in tests. After a decade quarter results diehard viewers were twice weaker than the other respondents. I did not have here the importance of age, sex, race, education, weight, cigarettes, alcohol and health. The findings, published in the scientific journal “JAMA Psychiatry.”

How did the survey? For 25 five years the researchers followed the customs of 3.274 thousand. people, both those who watch TV more than 3 hours per day, as those who from her side. Every five years corrected the data on the habits, and after a quarter of a decade conducted three types of tests, checking various aspects of intellectual function. In all avid TV viewers came off poorly, and the worst ones who performed physical work and rested a few hours before the monitor.

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