Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime 222
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."
Re:I can daydream listening to mp3s (Score:5, Informative)
Eh (Score:5, Informative)
I heard an interview with the guy who wrote that book on NPR yesterday. Practically every sentence he spoke contained a "Maybe" or a "We don't know for sure" or an "It's possible that..."
His entire interview was preceded by him saying this is all theories and may not be correct at all and that there's actually no scientific proof of any of this.
So, grain of salt.
related article about rafting trip (Score:3, Informative)
I notice the same. I think about work the first day of a backcountry trip or vacation. But then stop thinking about work by the second day.
Re:Please (Score:4, Informative)
Time to change your sig again ;)