I followed an interesting link from Instapundit that took me to a site called Medical-X-press. The article had to do with a study that showed people who watched a lot of TV were made dumber in the process.
In the study group the ones that watched the most TV had something like a 7% reduction in grey matter. Their theory was that the sedentary nature of TV watching had something to do with it. My questions was if it was lack of movement then reading should show the same results. At the end they suggested that reading was mentally active while watching TV was passive. They never did address digital devices that are so prevalent today.
So if someone warned you that watching too much TV would make you stupid, we now have some backup.
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I came over from Gorges blog and I agree with ya about the boob tube. I do own a small TV and I use it to watch movies, it is not hooked up to an outside antenna. Nothing I want to watch because it is so asinine and insulting to one's intelligence. I always have a book either in my nose or nearby.
ReplyDeleteWelcome. I wish I had kept a list of the bookmarks I picked up from Gorges.
DeleteI am not sure if it was the advertising or the programs that used to insult my intelligence the most. Either way. I don't even know what is on TV any more.
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