Television reduces people's mental abilities

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Recently, an international group of scientists conducted several studies on how watching TV affects the mental abilities of people.

The results of all experiments, in which almost 17,000 people took part, showed that regular and long-term viewing of television programs reduces cognitive abilities by an average of 7%.

Remarkable , that this applies not only to those who like to watch various talk shows. The same effect was recorded from sports programs, series and other projects. Experts do not rule out that the decline in mental abilities is related to the sedentary lifestyle followed by people who often watch TV.

Studies on retirees have shown that in adulthood, people who constantly watch TV have a reduced the amount of gray matter, which indicates a gradual deterioration of the brain.