We are surrounded by gadgets: a smartphone - in hand, laptop - at work, TV - in the kitchen. Scientists are sounding the alarm: electronic gadgets cause dullness, the so-called digital Alzheimer's. What is it and how to prevent it?
On the dangers of gadgets talk with their appearance. But in recent years more and more often raise the topic of "digital dementia", which we bring new technologies.
Alzheimer's on gadgets
The term "digital dementia" entered the German neuroscientist Manfred Spitzer. He noted that the new generation that grew up with the gadgets in your hands, largely disoriented, confused and often have memory problems- symptoms that occur in Alzheimer's disease. Very young people and even teenagers can exhibit symptoms of the disease. In general, at risk - all.
For example, to solve the problem, which was given to the school children of peers 50 years ago, it is a daunting task for them. Generation of gadgets can not answer the most simple questions, like "call phone numbers of your loved ones," they have difficulty remembering names of new acquaintances. And then the main problem: the earlier a child receives the gadget, the faster it develops in digital Alzheimer's.
Why is this happening?
We believe that in the digital age, when we receive the information from each "iron", we have to get smarter. This is not happening. Gadgets giperstimuliruyut areas of the brain responsible for decoding visual images. At this point, the brain is included in the information consumption mode, it is not trained, out effect "in one ear to the other - has taken off." Information just transits. The remaining areas of the brain and nedostimuliruyutsya gradually degraded. This leads to a "shrinkage" of the white matter and the emergence of symptoms of Alzheimer's. Digital dementia is becoming a major problem in all countries with fast internet, where smartphones have most of the population.
What to do?
We need a balance in everything. You can certainly throw gadgets in the trash. Or learn to live with them in harmony.
After watching any movie or reading an article on the internet, do not click on the following, give 10-30 minutes to think about it. So the brain will analyze, store and process information.
The younger generation dispense gadgets. It is very important! It is they who are the biggest risk. No wonder Steve Jobs has forbidden his children to use smartphones. Child to give more activity beyond gadgets: any active games at home and outdoors, drawing with chalk on the asphalt, ball games, tinkering in the sand - in short everything that was in our childhood.
Develop fine motor skills: Sculpt dumplings, cut the wood, assemble puzzles, whatever. More social ties outside the gadgets: socializing with peers, meeting with friends. Exercise and accustom children. If you walk, then a bicycle, scooter. Include audio fairy children, and tell them to invent stories - the generation of images is very developed brain. Do not forget to solve math problems - a great workout gray matter. Read Me and the children of printed books. Give the child to a music school, playing some real acoustic musical instrument well stimulates the brain.
And a nice bonus for adults - more sex. Here and imagination, and coordination and communication, and a lot more good plus useful for the health and well being.
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