TV can slow down the human brain – Website Metro newspaper

This is the conclusion of research scientists of the Institute of Northern California.

Analysts for 25 years, studied the behavior of 3247 people. At the beginning of the experiment each of them were between 18 and 30 years old.

The test every five years passed a special test and tell scientists about their habits. It was found that those subjects who watched television for more than three hours a day for four to seven days a week and at the same time excluded from the life of exercise, over the years, substantially worse cognitive ability, they can not fully absorb information and to cope with the tasks .

– Our work has shown that people who are too keen on TV and have forgotten about the sport, the speed of information processing declined – says the author of the experiment Dr. Tina Hong.

However, she says , the study requires further confirmation, as the experiment failed at 100% – of the participants over time is eliminated from the test. Currently existing medical data published in a special edition of JAMA Psychiatry.