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Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 6:36 PM
Subject: [CTRL] Mad Computer Disease
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> THE TIMES
> February 4 2001 BRITAIN
>
> Computer-mad generation has a memory crash
>
> Cherry Norton and Adam Nathan
>
> GROWING numbers of people in their twenties and thirties are suffering
from severe memory loss
> because of increasing reliance on computer technology, according to new
research.
>
> Sufferers complain they are unable to recall names, written words or
appointments, and in some cases
> have had to give up their jobs.
>
> Doctors are blaming computer technology, electronic organisers and
automatic car navigation systems.
> They claim these gadgets lead to diminished use of the brain to work out
problems and inflict
> "information overload" that makes it difficult to distinguish between
important and unimportant
> facts.
>
> A preliminary study of 150 people aged 20 to 35 has shown that more than
one in 10 are suffering
> from severe problems with their memory. Researchers from Hokkaido
University's school of medicine in
> Japan said the memory dysfunction among the young required further
investigation.
>
> "They're losing the ability to remember new things, to pull out old data
or to distinguish between
> important and unimportant information. It's a type of brain dysfunction,"
said Toshiyuki Sawaguchi,
> the university's professor of neurobiology. "Young people today are
becoming stupid."
>
> One high-flying 28-year-old salesman treated by Dr Sawaguchi was forced to
give up his job when he
> found himself forgetting where he was going, who he was supposed to be
seeing or, when he finally
> got there, what he was selling.
>
> Although no formal studies have been undertaken in Britain, experts are
increasingly recognising the
> problem. Professor Pam Briggs of Northumbria University, who recently
chaired a British
> Psychological Society symposium on the effects of technology, said: "I
think increased use of the
> internet and computer technology is starting to have an effect. Everyday
memory might be at threat
> if you are using the computer as a kind of external memory."
>
> Dr Takashi Tsukiyama, who runs a private clinic in Tokyo, said he had seen
an increase in severe
> memory problems. "In the past two years, more people in their twenties and
thirties have presented
> themselves with memory impairment," he said.
>
> One sales assistant aged 28 said she suddenly found herself unable to
recall written words and was
> dismissed from her job. "Ageing affects the brain's hardware, but errors
may occur in the brain's
> 'software' that have nothing to do with age but are related to someone's
lifestyle, such as not
> using your brain enough," said Tsukiyama.
>
> Dr David Cantor, director of the Psychological Services Institute in
Atlanta, Georgia, who has
> treated patients for memory and attention problems for more than 20 years,
said: "Many experts
> believe information overload is making it difficult for some people to
absorb new information, as
> they have reached a limit of what they can store in their brains. These
people forget things because
> they were too distracted to absorb them in the first place."
>
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