The Very Serious Effects Of Heavy Internet/Gaming/Media on Our Health
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and Brains.
Recent research finds very concerning losses of brain mass with heavy usage. It’s unclear if these are specifically just related to gaming.
It seems much more likely that all electronic media will have a similar effect. We will see, but for now it’s recommended that we consider scaling back for ourselves and our kids.
Brain Researchers state…
Especially worrisome is a rigorous, controlled study utilizing state-of-the-art brain scanning technology to study the brains of 18 Internet-addicted university students in China who spent 8–13 hours a day playing games online.
They were compared with 18 Chinese university students who spent less than two hours a day on the Internet.
- Scientists found signs of atrophy of gray matter in the brains of all the heavy Internet users.
- The longer their Internet addiction continued, the more serious the damage.
- The researchers also found changes in the white matter lying below the gray-matter cortex.
These findings are very concerning considering the prevalence of internet, gaming, and electronic media usage in modern society.
What effects will occur over time and how many people will be harmed?
It’s hard to say, but certainly there is a real reason to be concerned about media use.
http://www.explorejournal.com/article/S1550-8307(13)00347-9/fulltext
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