AatubeOlder people who use smartphones ‘have lower rates of cognitive decline’
Older people who use smartphones ‘have lower rates of... #technology #seniors #old #brainrot
MelatoninI knew there was a reason I was here!
Pasta DentalSo is it brainrot or brain nourishment??
Korne127Depends on what you do with it
I use it for brainrot ☹️
Hellfire103Depends what you use it for.
FarraigePlaisteaċ (sé/é)“It is unclear whether the technology staves off mental decline, or whether people with better cognitive skills simply use them more.”
It’s very early stages of the research then. In my experience elderly people use smartphones very differently to kids. Also, their personal development has past the formative stages so I imagine the devices cause less disruption.
There’s no doubt that they ruin the brains and lives of our kids though, as the research video posted on Lemmy.world recently makes clear.
JackGreenEarth“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.”- Socrates
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Misattributed to Socrates. Mis/disinformation spreads quickly over the Internet, so it’s up to all of us not to be vectors for it.
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We have increasingly extensive bodies of scientific evidence indicating the harms of giving young kids the sort of near-unrestricted access to smart devices and social media that are common in society today.
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That one person said “something similar bad” but it wasn’t actually that bad in the past (or even that this is a pattern) doesn’t invalidate scientific evidence. If kids started smoking cigarettes en masse, you could pull up this exact same quote, and it would be just as strong an argument as it is here.
Could you link that video?
Okay. I updated my original comment.
I wonder if seniors can't be addicted to screens as well? It's true that excessive screen time promotes addiction, but I doubt that normal screen use invariably leads to addiction, especially if there are other activities and the evidence-based AAP guidelines are obeyed: no screen time other than video chatting until 2 years old, and co-viewing, discussion, and regulate which content to watch after that until 5. The outsize impact of Cocomelon vs much saner toddler shows has also been documented.
It’s possible, the first example in the linked video is of a young kid who has become addicted to YouTube. The content seems benign: animated nursery rhymes. But that case is presented with less detail on the exact usage. I’m curious what you’ll make of it. I’m halfway through.
Forbes Contributor Sites are basically disguised blogs, but this one is from a psychologist.
Really interesting and specific, thank you. Interestingly I saw a parent online talking about how she plays the cartoons her kids watch at .75 speed. They were stressing her out and she probably suspected it wasn’t good for her kids either.
It’s because parents are too overworked to spend time with their kids. That’s the whole story
Yes, us old people can become just as addicted to phones as easily as a 14 year old. And with the same stupid shit. On the other hand, it can help keep cognitive abilities working better and helping to keep more interested in the world around you. But it can impair judgement and let people slid into poor mental hygiene. And us old people have a very hard time with those two things anyway.
But, despite my great fear of losing my mental acuity and abilities, I can feel the small cracks beginning to form around the edges of my mind. I work hard to keep learning new things and mastering new skills. From learning how to make my own bacon this past summer to learning how to bake bread this winter. While working out a new model steam engine design that I might build next winter. Plus adding some 3D printing designs to upload for others to possibly enjoy and use. And today I’m driving 300 miles to pick up a new puppy to train to hunt grouse with me in the fall. (I lost my beautiful little baby girl Tara to kidney failure this early spring). This puppy might well out live me when it’s all said and done.
The fear of decline is real and I know it’s inevitable.
ScrubblesI think definitely causation correlation.
Working geek squad the people who were more with it tech wise were people just willing to learn. If you maintain the ability to learn then you’ll be fine, and it makes sense that those elderly people who learn their smartphones are doing better. I don’t think it’s because of smartphones. I think them able to use their smartphones is because they are okay with adaptation and change
Addiction is fascist rhetoric. Even councillors who help people with drug use problems are rethinking the addiction model
Are you sure that they are doubting the very idea that one could become addicted?
Yes. Shit life circumstances explain addiction better than biochemistry
Circumstances, adverse childhood experiences, can be huge factors. Experiments have shown mice choose to give up heroin for better living conditions, for example. It doesn’t mean that addiction doesn’t exist within us too. And that biological something needs a name.
Addiction is fascist 😂😂 Jesus Christ man, touch some grass
There’s a causality issue here.
It’s using speakerphone and FaceTime in public that causes lower rates of cognition loss
Those aren't the typical senior smartphone habits at all. (What even does using speakerphone matter?)
Who did this Boomer kill to earn that tat?
Looks like im in trouble. H8 smartphones.
huppakeeToo bad I’m not an older person
Everything is better for your cognivity than watching TV all day.
Young people, conversely…
jagged_circleI guess falling into a far-right Q-anon hole is more intellectually stimulating that watching TV…
I’d like a cross study with those that read books, plz
samus12345I was told phone bad.
Why much word when few do trick
They say that because kids can read banned books about gay people and talk about gaza
leadoreThe article says “digital technology” and mentions phones, tablets, computers, etc. But headline writers are lazy.
It’s probably the reverse for younger folks, lol.
My mother must be an outlier then. She went from Fox News 100% of the time, to Fox News on in the background while she watches reels on FB or plays candy crush.
Scrambled Eggs I wrote about this when I was getting my masters. I remember that it was due to being able to communicate and not feel so isolated. Social interactions have a huge impact on cognition in elderly subjects.
Scroll ResponsiblyStudy funded with a grant from Apple, Inc. and Google… please buy their tariffed phones.
That's just wrong. If it's a joke please mark it as such because there's nothing to indicate it's a joke.
Support was provided by the National Institutes of Health
(R01AG082783; M.K.S., J.F.B.), the National Science Foundation
(1920730 and 1943323; M.K.S.) and the Alzheimer’s Association
(AARG-22-924771; J.F.B.). The funders had no role in study design,
data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of
the paper.
The authors declare no competing interests.
Plus it's a meta-analysis review.
This is bullcrap.
What, using smartphones is cognitively beneficial in old age? Like, the total opposite of young people, though?
Smart phones cognitively stunt young folks but improve cognitive ability for the older?
Something isn’t right here. Some information is missing or something.
dumblederpBecause for older people it’s about learning new things. I’ve just gotten my 80yo mum onto using a smart phone and it’s baby steps but she’s learning how to use it. She’s learning something new. Before I had a falling out with my father, he had a tantrum at me using big fancy words that he doesn’t understand, like app, play-store, email, dns, etc. If you can’t fix it with a spanner or hammer he doesn’t want anything to do with it, so he watches free2air tv, sips coffee and smokes weed; from what I can tell that’s all he does.
They said drinking coffee improves your bloodstream, so I drank 50 and got hospitalized. Lies and propaganda all the way!
But higher rates of doomscrolling and despair.
starlingukI’m 57 and my smartphone has absolutely frazzled my brain.
Fixed title :
Older people with ‘lower rates of cognitive decline’ more likely to have smartphones.
Learning something new trains your brain, yes.