Older people who use smartphones 'have lower rates of cognitive decline'
by Ian Sample, Science editor

The Guardian    Translate This Article
19 April 2025

On 19 April 2025 The Guardian reported: Fears that smartphones, tablets, and other devices could drive dementia in later life have been challenged by research that found lower rates of cognitive decline in older people who used the technology. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of health, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

An analysis of published studies that looked at technology use and mental skills in more than 400,000 older adults found that over-50s who routinely used digital devices had lower rates of cognitive decline than those who used them less.

It is unclear whether the technology staves off mental decline, or whether people with better cognitive skills simply use them more, but the scientists say the findings question the claim that screen time drives what has been called 'digital dementia'.

...The scientists found no evidence for the digital dementia hypothesis, which suggests that a lifetime of using digital technology drives mental decline. Rather, they found that using a computer, smartphone, the internet, or some combination of these was associated with a lower risk of cognitive impairment. The details have been published in Nature Human Behaviour.

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