Texting 'changes behaviour' of youth

[Francis Hult]

CBC.ca

 

Texting 'changes behaviour' of youth

 

Young people who regularly send text messages seem to perform certain brain tasks more quickly but with less accuracy, say Australian experts.

 

In one of the first studies of its kind, epidemiology professor Michael Abramson of Monash University and his colleagues analyzed the cognitive capacities and mobile phone use of 317 children aged between 11 and 14 around Melbourne. The team considered cellphone use in terms of making calls as well as sending text messages, known as SMS or short message service.

 

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