The article only makes assumptions and I guess a debugging session would also stimulate brain regions needed for higher thoughts. Perhaps different ones of cour

The article only makes assumptions and I guess a debugging session would also stimulate brain regions needed for higher thoughts. Perhaps different ones of course. But there certainly are people that basically do nothing when alone and very creative people on the other hand. It would be surprising if the negative effects were the same. On the other hand even as a passionate programmer I see some form of mental decay in people describing debugging as fun. It can be fun but it probably shouldn't.