and also compared to other less instantaneous methods of gratification. Social media and email notifications are among the simplest and least engaging reward activities. How does gray matter volume relate to those who exercise or reallyread,it often?
How does gray matter volume relate to those who exercise or reallyread,it often?
In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, I'm going to choose to believe that spending time on reallyread.it results in massive gray matter gains (assuming that's even possible!).
Seriously though, these articles always make me wish I paid more attention in statistics. I feel like the journalists writing about the studies always try to hype up the findings regardless of the actual statistical significance.
This article is so creepy! I agree that 85 people doesn't seem statistically significant compared to the world population...Still an interesting study, though. At least the authors admit the distinction between correlation and causation. I wonder how they define "normal smartphone usage."
interesting article, it barely touched the age issue, are very young children more at risk based on the fact that their brains may be still developing? Seems like whenever I am in a restaurant a parent is propping up a toddler with a device. there must be some studies about computer toddler use and the brain...... and what about the social component? I am not sure what the studies will show with brain development
but aren't these young souls losing the connections to real human contact? Isn't the social development even more important than the cognitive development at that age? Just wonderin'???
Turns out the internet is LITERALLY destroying our brains!
...well maybe. It would be cool to see the results of a non-cross-sectional study with a greater number of participants.
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and also compared to other less instantaneous methods of gratification. Social media and email notifications are among the simplest and least engaging reward activities. How does gray matter volume relate to those who exercise or reallyread,it often?
In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, I'm going to choose to believe that spending time on reallyread.it results in massive gray matter gains (assuming that's even possible!).
Seriously though, these articles always make me wish I paid more attention in statistics. I feel like the journalists writing about the studies always try to hype up the findings regardless of the actual statistical significance.
http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
Hahaha I remember coming across this years ago. Can't believe the guy ended up turning that into a book.
So good.
walker clayton = zero gray matter
but he's so loved by so many!
This article is so creepy! I agree that 85 people doesn't seem statistically significant compared to the world population...Still an interesting study, though. At least the authors admit the distinction between correlation and causation. I wonder how they define "normal smartphone usage."
Even crazier: I'm using reallyread.it on my smartphone right now. Simultaneously stoked and not stoked about that right now.
interesting article, it barely touched the age issue, are very young children more at risk based on the fact that their brains may be still developing? Seems like whenever I am in a restaurant a parent is propping up a toddler with a device. there must be some studies about computer toddler use and the brain...... and what about the social component? I am not sure what the studies will show with brain development but aren't these young souls losing the connections to real human contact? Isn't the social development even more important than the cognitive development at that age? Just wonderin'???