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Surge in 'digital dementia' - Telegraph
According to this we're raising a generation of dysfunctional idiots. Apparently playing with the smart phone 6-7 hrs a day ain't so smart?
Anybody think this is exaggerating or are we obsessed/addicted to the point of distraction?
Doctors in South Korea are reporting a surge in "digital dementia" among young people who have become so reliant on electronic devices that they can no longer remember everyday details like their phone numbers.
"Over-use of smartphones and game devices hampers the balanced development of the brain," Byun Gi-won, a doctor at the Balance Brain Centre in Seoul, told the JoongAng Daily newspaper.
"Heavy users are likely to develop the left side of their brains, leaving the right side untapped or underdeveloped," he said.
The right side of the brain is linked with concentration and its failure to develop will affect attention and memory span, which could in as many as 15 per cent of cases lead to the early onset of dementia.
According to this we're raising a generation of dysfunctional idiots. Apparently playing with the smart phone 6-7 hrs a day ain't so smart?
Anybody think this is exaggerating or are we obsessed/addicted to the point of distraction?