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Large US study finds memory decline surge in young people

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    mycketforvirrad
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    Previous discussions can be found here.

    Previous discussions can be found here.

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    1. acdw
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      OK this is actually hilarious - a post about memory loss getting posted twice

      OK this is actually hilarious - a post about memory loss getting posted twice

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  2. Rocket_Man
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    This might be useful for other studies to justify a closer look. But being a phone survey in and of itself skews your data pretty hard. Also self-reported data is just generally not that valuable.

    This might be useful for other studies to justify a closer look. But being a phone survey in and of itself skews your data pretty hard. Also self-reported data is just generally not that valuable.

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  3. RoyalHenOil
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    I would love to see what (if any) link this has to sleep quality. My instinct is that it's not social media that is shortening attention spans, but rather smartphones that are disrupting sleep...

    I would love to see what (if any) link this has to sleep quality. My instinct is that it's not social media that is shortening attention spans, but rather smartphones that are disrupting sleep patterns.

    Anecdotally, sleep quality is overwhelmingly the biggest factor in how alert and focused I feel the next day, and I have found that I sleep much better if I read a Kindle or a book before bed than if I read my phone.

    4 votes