Dr. Tracy Alloway, the brain's memory expert from the University of Stirling, Scotland, says that Facebook - besides playing strategy games and fill the Sudoku puzzles - can improve memory (working memory). Conversely Twitter, watch YouTube, and send SMS to reduce memory.
Alloway whiz about memory. He and his team managed to make the program improve memory. He implemented a program on child 11-14 years in one school in Durham, Scotland.
After eight weeks training, the children had increased his IQ up to 10 points. They are also increasing the value of reading and counting. Even when there are children who begin training in the class rankings, including the worst, having trained and then became almost champion class.
Festival of Science in England, Alloway discusses the influence of social sites and the Internet against memory. He said part of the brain that are affected by social sites is the ability to store and use the information or he called working memory.
This Facebook Effect on the ability of memory, Alloway said, as quoted in the Monday edition of the Daily Telegraph (8 / 9), 'Very big. " Facebook is making the brain to remember my friends from the past so this is also trained memory.
Those who liked the video game strategies, such as 'Total War', also improve memory while not contributing anything in the social problem.
This game improve memory, Alloway said, 'Because you continue to remember the previous events and predict the actions to be taken. "
Playing 'Sudoku', a sort of crossword puzzle that asks you to fill the boxes with numbers 1 through 9 and gaining in popularity in recent years, also coached memory.
Conversely Twitter, YouTube, and SMS is not healthy for memory because it is instant. Information gleaned on Twitter, though numerous, Alloway said, 'You do not process this information. "
Twitter and his friends had reduced the scope of attention. 'You do not involve the brain and improve neurological relationship,' he said.
Psychologists also showed evidence linking television viewing habits with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - which makes people difficult to concentrate. SMS was the habit of too much study to do with low intelligence. (Tempo)
