Relying on technology caused dementia at a young age - Experts in South Korea reported the number of cases of 'digital dementia' in adolescents and younger children. Digital dementia is a form of dementia or memory power reduction and one's brain from too reliant on technology.
The experts explained that today many young children and teenagers who are too dependent upon technology, for example to record the activity, considering the date, and the other, so that they are lazy to use brains to remember the small things. Teens are too dependent on technology known to experience a decline in cognitive abilities, as occurs in people who suffered injuries on the head or mentally ill.
"The use of smartphones and gaming equipment in excess can interfere with brain development. Heavy technology users usually have a good left brain development. However this makes them memorable and right brain does not develop at all," said Byun Gi-won, one of the doctors at the Brain Balance Centre, Seoul, as reported by the Daily Mail.
Right brain associated with concentration, memory, and the ability to focus and pay attention to something. The right brain is not growing can cause a person to develop dementia, a brain disease that makes sufferers difficulty remembering and experiencing early dementia.
Researchers emphasize that it is more influential in children and adolescents than adults because their brains are still in the development stage. This situation is most at risk for adolescents and young people aged 10-19 years who use their smartphones more than seven hours each day.
The experts explained that today many young children and teenagers who are too dependent upon technology, for example to record the activity, considering the date, and the other, so that they are lazy to use brains to remember the small things. Teens are too dependent on technology known to experience a decline in cognitive abilities, as occurs in people who suffered injuries on the head or mentally ill.
"The use of smartphones and gaming equipment in excess can interfere with brain development. Heavy technology users usually have a good left brain development. However this makes them memorable and right brain does not develop at all," said Byun Gi-won, one of the doctors at the Brain Balance Centre, Seoul, as reported by the Daily Mail.
Right brain associated with concentration, memory, and the ability to focus and pay attention to something. The right brain is not growing can cause a person to develop dementia, a brain disease that makes sufferers difficulty remembering and experiencing early dementia.
Researchers emphasize that it is more influential in children and adolescents than adults because their brains are still in the development stage. This situation is most at risk for adolescents and young people aged 10-19 years who use their smartphones more than seven hours each day.
