Too many TVs can put your brain at risk, but not for the reason you think

If you are a sofa potato now, the habit might make you risk experiencing a curgy decline later on. According to three new studies published by the American Heart Association, which found that medium to high television consumption in the age of the space is associated with lower gray material volume and worse cognitive decline in older age.

This study defined middle-aged until the age of 45 to 64 years; It also classifies watching TV as stable behavior, lifestyle that is generally associated with brain health deteriorating in the years of age. A person’s cognitive performance, like someone’s ability to think and remember something, naturally decreases with age.

The new body of this study evaluates whether to settle in middle-aged age can accelerate the rate of cognitive decline; This is based on self-reported data evaluation about TV watching habits. Responsors are broken down into groups: watching low TV, which means television is rare or never watch, as well as medium (sometimes), and height, very often.

Two different studies were carried out on this case, one found that watching TV was medium and often associated with a 6.9 percent increase in the risk of cognitive decline over the next 15 years. However, often watching TV is not associated with an increased risk of developing dementia.

The second study, which includes MRI’s brain scanning data, which is linked to watching medium TV and often with gray material volume which decreases more than a decade later. The impact is especially important for people who consistently report watching medium and often for years compared to people who rarely watch TV.

The association between the habit of watching TV and brain health in the future is not only because of the nature of television settling, with researchers who note that other sedentary activities that stimulate the mind – such as playboard games – not related to greater risk of dementia.

Ryan Dougherty, M.S., Ph.D., the main author of one of the studies, explained:

In the context of cognitive health and brain, not all behavior persists the same; The non-stimulating settling activities such as television shows related to greater risk of cognitive disorders, while cognitively stimulates settling activities (eg, reading, computers and board games) are associated with cognitions that are maintained and reduce the possibility of dementia. Considering contextual differences in various settling behaviors is very important when investigating cognitive and brain health.