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It's more than video games: - Becoming pregnant reduces grey matter[0]. - Watching porn reduces grey matter[1]. - Heavy use of Facebook reduces grey matter[2
by hashberry 9y ago
It's more than video games:
- Becoming pregnant reduces grey matter[0].
- Watching porn reduces grey matter[1].
- Heavy use of Facebook reduces grey matter[2].
- Tweeting while watching TV reduces grey matter[3].
etc etc etc.
[0] https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/12/pregnancy-brain-means-reductions-in-grey-matter-for-new-mothers/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/12/pregnancy-brain-mean...
[1] http://www.iflscience.com/brain/researchers-find-association-between-porn-viewing-and-less-grey-matter-brain/ http://www.iflscience.com/brain/researchers-find-association...
[2] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432817305090 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432817...
[3] https://www.fastcompany.com/3036198/people-who-jump-from-screen-to-screen-have-less-grey-matter-in-one-brain-region-s https://www.fastcompany.com/3036198/people-who-jump-from-scr...
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