TV viewing

No time for brain fitness and mental exercise? Solution: Watch less TV

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time_tv10 maps that show how much time Amer­i­cans spend groom­ing, eat­ing, think­ing and pray­ing (The Wash­ing­ton Post):

“The Amer­i­can Time Use Sur­vey is a trea­sure trove of data for under­stand­ing how Amer­i­cans spend their days. The sur­vey is essen­tial­ly a nation­al diary of how [Read more…] about No time for brain fit­ness and men­tal exer­cise? Solu­tion: Watch less TV

“Hours of TV viewing are associated with worse cognitive function”

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Prof. Oscar Ybarra

Ques­tion by Bob Lathan:
“In your clin­i­cal tri­al described in The Sharp­Brains Guide, both the social group and the intel­lec­tu­al activ­i­ties group got cog­ni­tive boosts, as opposed to the Sein­feld watch­ing group. While I am sure there is much more research to be done…isn’t it pret­ty clear that most peo­ple would ben­e­fit from watch­ing less TV and spend­ing more time doing com­plex social or intel­lec­tu­al stuff? What do you think about stats show­ing that the aver­age Amer­i­can spends 3 or 4 hours watch­ing TV per day?” [Read more…] about “Hours of TV view­ing are asso­ci­at­ed with worse cog­ni­tive function”