A new study has revealed that the use of mobile phones, computers and the internet slows the cognitive decline in people over 50.
The idea that mobile phones and the internet reduce a person’s cognitive abilities – “Digital Dementia” – It has worried the experts.
However, a study this Monday in Nature Human Behaviour revealed that among people over 50, these Technologies seem, after all, to have the opposite effect.
A meta-analysis of about 60 studies involving 410,000 people in this age group has concluded that people who spend more time with mobile phones, computers and on the internet less likely to suffer from cognitive disorders.
In addition, these people have a slower cognitive decline than those who spend less time using these technologies.
There is much concern about how the use of technologies is affecting our brain. To learn more, JARED BENGEfrom the University of Texas, and Michael Scullinfrom the University of Baylor (USA), research studies involving the use of digital technologies in people over 50 years old in the literature.
The study concluded that there are three reasons whereby digital technology can slow cognitive decline.
The first is that digital activities are more complex and interactive than just watching television.
The second is the fact that help people call othersfor example, through VideoChamadas.
The third is the fact that power help people keep independent for more time.
Despite this results, researchers point out that people who participated in these studies had no mobile phones or internet access when they were children. “I.e, Does this apply to digital natives?“Bengue questioned, in statements to.
