Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime

siliconbits writes with an excerpt from NY Times: "Technology makes the tiniest windows of time entertaining, and potentially productive. But scientists point to an unanticipated side effect: when people keep their brains busy with digital input, they are forfeiting downtime that could allow them to better learn and remember information, or come up with new ideas."

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Re:More than that

[ElectricTurtle]

You think that light = autism? Really? From the age of five to fifteen I slept with the lights on. I am not autistic, and I am considered to have one of the best memories by people who know me. I also am using a computer at damn near all times that I am not sleeping.

I also appreciate the 'get off my lawn' aspect of 'I only had a monochrome handheld!' Sure this saved you from untold mental disorders... or not.