April 22, 2005 Why texting harms your IQ
By Michael Horsnell
Txts n emails mk ppl stupid coz they R worse than smking pot & lead 2 a st8 of 'infomania'
THE regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana.
That is the claim of psychologists who have found that tapping away on a mobile phone or computer keypad or checking them for electronic messages temporarily knocks up to 10 points off the user’s IQ.
This rate of decline in intelligence compares unfavourably with the four-point drop in IQ associated with smoking marijuana, according to British researchers, who have labelled the fleeting phenomenon of enhanced stupidity as “infomania”.
Research on sleep deprivation suggests that the IQ drop caused by electronic obsession is also equivalent to a wakeful night.
I am terrified to think what my IQ has become by now...
Анн джан кстати флуд очень помогает ... цепляешь первую ысль иди крайнюю мысль длинного поста-текста и добиваешь какой нибудь белебердой и весело и напрягаться не надо и ику в балансе ... вот превратить бы подобное в стандарт и в журналистике - веселее отвечаю сталось бы жить
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Мадмазель, Медам, Месье! "Глория" меняет курс и направляется в Кейптаун! Кому это не нравится будет расстрелян на месте. (с)
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