TV Viewing Linked to Attention Problems 301
oDDmON oUT writes "While your mother may have told you that sitting too close to the TV was bad for your eyes, the folks over at New Scientist are reporting that too much television may be linked to a bad attention span 'The study is not proof that TV viewing causes attention problems, Landhuis notes, because it may be that children prone to attention problems may be drawn to watching television. "However, our results show that the net effect of television seems to be adverse."'"
Obligatory. (Score:0, Funny)
OK, this thread's done. Back to the firehose. When's the next article come out, guys?
I wholeheartedly disagree (Score:5, Funny)
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No, really? (Score:5, Funny)
You know... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Um. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I wholeheartedly disagree (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You know... (Score:1, Funny)
People are not wearing enough hats. (Score:5, Funny)
HARRY:
That's right. Yeah, I've had a team working on this over the past few weeks, and, uh, what we've come up with can be reduced to two fundamental concepts. One: people are not wearing enough hats. Two: matter is energy. In the universe, there are many energy fields which we cannot normally perceive. Some energies have a spiritual source which act upon a person's soul. However, this soul does not exist ab initio, as orthodox Christianity teaches. It has to be brought into existence by a process of guided self-observation. However, this is rarely achieved, owing to man's unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia.
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BERT:
What was that about hats, again?
HARRY:
Oh, uh, people aren't wearing enough.
CHAIRMAN:
Is this true?
EDMUND:
Certainly. Hat sales have increased, but not pari passu, as our research initially--
BERT:
But when you say 'enough', enough for what purpose?
GUNTHER:
Can I just ask, with reference to your second point, when you say souls don't develop because people become distracted,...
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Re:I wholeheartedly disagree (Score:5, Funny)
How many kids with ADD does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Hey! Wanna go ride bikes?
I have no idea what you are talking about (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory Onion (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I wholeheartedly disagree (Score:2, Funny)
Oh look a TV!
Presentation style could be to blame. (Score:5, Funny)
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You really need an attention deficiency problem to watch most TV these days.
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I've tried watching stuff like Myth Busters that I downloaded, and it seems like it's not designed to be watched as a program, but rather byte sized pieces.
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Compare that presentation style with that of the BBC, where the documentary is actually intended to fill an hour time slot with no ad breaks. In some circumstanced this kind of TV will help kids to focus on one subject for a longer period of time.
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Re:a short attention span is not necessarily bad (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I Call BS (Score:4, Funny)
TV hasn't affected MY attention span, because... (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Presentation style could be to blame. (Score:2, Funny)
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