Young mobile addicts 'have slower minds'

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Young mobile addicts 'have slower minds'
Topic Started: Aug 5 2009, 08:55 AM (158 Views)
Sayf Udeen Ismaeel	Aug 5 2009, 08:55 AM Post #1
Icon by meagan_chelsea @ LJ Posts: 7,578 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Muslim Political View All over the shop.	Young mobile addicts 'have slower minds' A STUDY suggests young heavy mobile phone users have poorer memory, slower reaction times and make more mistakes. A recent study of 300 students aged 12 to 14 from 20 Melbourne private and state schools shows children who use their mobile a lot may be sacrificing accuracy for speed. The study by researchers from Monash University shows kids regarded as heavy mobile phone users were likely to have poorer memory, react slower to set tasks and made more mistakes than students who used their mobiles a lot less. “We took into account age, gender, ethnicity and socio-economic status in our research,'' one of the report’s author's Dr Geza Benke, said. “But simply put, mobile phones may be teaching kids to go for speed rather than accuracy.'' The Monash University report found that overall mobile phone use was associated with faster and less accurate responses to high level cognitive tests. The good news is the students' error rate was unlikely to be linked to mobile phone radiation. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25887954-29277,00.html



Tazay	Aug 6 2009, 06:16 AM Post #2
Posts: 32 Group: Members Member #632 Joined: Aug 5, 2009 Gender Male Religious Views Christian	Wait, slow reaction times, but "Teaching kids to go for speed" Umm wow.. and I use my phone alot, and I am as smart as ever and my reaction time is fast.



Bunny	Aug 6 2009, 09:47 AM Post #3
A Godless life seems sweeter Posts: 1,863 Group: Members Member #17 Joined: May 4, 2008 Religious Views Atheist Gender Undisclosed Political View Rt Wing. Less Govt is Better!	Well, I don't use my phone a lot, and I passed all of my exams over 90% without studying for any of them. And I did a epic block in PE. with insane reactions



aleks	Aug 15 2009, 10:37 PM Post #4
Posts: 7 Group: Members Member #641 Joined: Aug 15, 2009 Gender Male Religious Views Christian	I use my phone a lot, and by a lot I mean it. But I passed my exams with all being over 80% and one being under 80% and I am in high achievers class.



Urd	Sep 8 2009, 08:04 AM Post #5
Posts: 129 Group: Members Member #39 Joined: May 20, 2008 Gender Female	I barely ever use my cellphone. I only play games on it when I'm bored and don't have anything else to do.



Sayf Udeen Ismaeel	Sep 8 2009, 09:46 AM Post #6
Icon by meagan_chelsea @ LJ Posts: 7,578 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Muslim Political View All over the shop.	I'm at a point where I basically leave mine in my bag and return missed calls later. I've gone very lazy in this way. Meh.



Freki	Sep 8 2009, 09:54 AM Post #7
Posts: 811 Group: Members Member #593 Joined: Apr 24, 2009 Gender Undisclosed Religious Views Atheist Political View Frekiocracy	Ugh, mobiles. I hate phones in general, and mobiles are phones that follow you around. I'm not quite sure why I bother taking it with me - if I'm out of the house, chances are that if someone calls I'll be trying to get off the phone as soon as possible anyway.



mzislam123	Sep 8 2009, 10:08 PM Post #8
Posts: 727 Group: Members Member #131 Joined: Jul 30, 2008 Gender Female Religious Views Muslim	Dayum. You guys are so technologically advanced D: My phones always with me. Literally, it's in front of me right now. xD. Butttt, I've broken my habit of texting in every single class. I still text in all my classes, just not math xD. And erm I'm taking 3 AP classes, and 4 other core classes. Been doing good so far. So yeahh.



Suha Aezvina	Sep 18 2009, 12:45 AM Post #9
Posts: 6 Group: Members Member #648 Joined: Sep 6, 2009 Gender Female Religious Views Muslim Political View Uneducated Socialist	Yes, finally a good excuse not to pick up the phone! I really dislike phones anyway, it's like a phobia, when the thing rings I just want to run away even if it's a loved one..



Sayf Udeen Ismaeel	Sep 18 2009, 09:41 AM Post #10
Icon by meagan_chelsea @ LJ Posts: 7,578 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Muslim Political View All over the shop.	I know what you mean. I've been known to just screen everyone's calls because there's nothing I hate more than being stuck on a phone. It's such a...confining experience. Guh!



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