Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime

“It’s 1 p.m. on a Thursday and Dianne Bates, 40, juggles three screens. She listens to a few songs on her iPod, then taps out a quick e-mail on her iPhone and turns her attention to the high-definition television. Just another day at the gym. As Ms. Bates multitasks, she is also churning her legs in fast loops on an elliptical machine in a downtown fitness center. She is in good company. In gyms and elsewhere, people use phones and other electronic devices to get work done — and as a reliable antidote...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/technology/25brain.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&hp

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