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Results: Digital dementia

Published on 04/11/2015
By: UpstateSC
1835
Technology
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Byun Gi-won, a doctor at the Balance Brain Centre in Seoul, told the JoonAng Daily newspaper. "Heavy users are likely to develop the left side of their brains, leaving the right side untapped or underdeveloped." By relying too much on technology, heavy users are training their brains to not think for itself and are losing the ability to memorize. Are you familiar with the term digital dementia?
Yes
14%
261 votes
No
86%
1574 votes
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The term was originally coined in South Korea, a country with the highest percentage of internet users. Some estimate 90 percent of households there have internet. It also has a high number of people addicted to internet games, and several deaths attributed to marathon game sessions of 50 or more hours. Estimates are that about 75 percent of U.S. households have internet access. Do you think digital dementia could be a serious problem for future generations?
Yes
63%
1155 votes
No
37%
680 votes
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Manfred Spitzer is medical director of the Psychiatric University Hospital in Ulm, Germany. He feels that while computers can be fine tools for adults, they are poison for kids. Do you have children under the age of 15 who use a smart phone, tablet, or computer?
Yes
20%
372 votes
No
35%
640 votes
Not Applicable
45%
823 votes
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Neuroscientist Michael Madeja says, "The brain constantly alters and adapts itself and is therefore a system that is constantly learning. It expands its capacity to process what is required, and downsizes capacity where it is no longer needed." Do you agree that the change in brain function is basically harmless and part of society's natural evolution?
Yes
22%
396 votes
No
30%
558 votes
Undecided
48%
881 votes
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Do you feel outsourcing a large portion of our brain function will lead to a decline in IQ and creativity for the general population?
Yes
57%
1053 votes
No
43%
782 votes
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