smartphone affects memory, ability to handle

A recent study indicates that our obsession with smart phones can cause decreased brain power.

According Iflscience, the younger generation of today are often accused of being tended to depend on smartphones more and more . A recent study showed that smartphones can even reduce the power of our intellect.

This study has been published online in the Journal of the Association of Consumer Research. Accordingly, the scientists found that smartphone reduce cognitive abilities of users. Because all information is available when they need it. They decided to test the hypothesis that “brain drain” and realize that if the smartphone in the neighborhood. It will do “limited cognitive capacity of us and leave fewer resources for other tasks”.

The brain has a limited attention capacity-the cognitive resources “limit”-controls of attention and other cognitive processes. When the phone is in the near side, the brain uses this resource section to try to reduce our attention to your phone. And reduce the resources to perform the tasks, that is, the performance of these tasks is affected.

The researchers discovered that when to your Smartphone is in sight, the object of research is reduced ability to perform simple tasks and remember. This remains true even when the phone is placed in the bag or the next.

To perform this study, they conducted the experiment 520 University students about their knowledge and memory. When there is a telephone on the side. The participants have answered the test questions in mathematics, memory and reasoning. While their phones are to randomly on the desk, trouser pocket, handbag or in the next room.

The results showed that those who hold the phone on their desk have scored score less than 10% in the test of concentration and memory. They also respond more slowly in the test speed. In fact, even when their phone is turned off or in “do not disturb”. They reach points lower than those who have put the phone in the next room.

This means smart phones reduce the ability to memorize and handled by humans. Not surprisingly, when scientists discovered that people who depend on the phone often negatively affected the memory when the device is placed beside them. The researchers say that is not the intelligence of those who were distracted because the test to check the messages on smarpthone that their minds are focused on trying to not think about their phone.