When a person focuses on one task, he perceives the information properly, so as it is stored in the hippocampus – “Library of the brain”, where all the data is organized, categorized and easier to remember. And if we are at the same time torn between several electronic handheld device at the same time, the information comes in the striatum, the area is responsible for planning and motivation, with memory and storage, it has nothing to do.
This reduces the intelligent multitasking level, because the people who, for example, check the news to Facebook on your phone while watching TV, disorganize mental activity. When this information is not stored and not deposited in the memory.
Elevated levels of dopamine is often associated with drug abuse. Scientists have found that when you switch from screen to screen is released hormone L-dopa, from which later secrete hormones inherent addicts – dopamine. But the use of multiple gadgets simultaneously may negatively affect brain health, warn experts from the University of Copenhagen.
According to the survey, experts have found that 80% of smartphone owners while watching TV at the same time enjoy and telephone.
Most of the subjects responded that using multiple devices, they become more “productive”, and all feel comfortable switching between devices. However, slightly more than half were able to remember what was shown on television.
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