Do you feel addicted to your iPad, and are you beginning to forget things? Maybe you should start thinking about the effects on your brain from having the phone under your nose all day. You could be suffering from Digital Amnesia.
Gaming and social media does not only make you addicted, but can cause you memory loss too. We personally know people who are very forgetful and they are on their phones and i-pod a lot. That is only anecdotal evidence, but research supports what we have observed, for example a study made by the cyber-security company Kaspersky Lab. When they asked 6000 people in the UK and some other countries, 80 percent answered that they are using their phone or tablet as an external memory (and not their brains). They look everything up.
In the UK, there are 30 million smartphones, and most people who play constantly on their phones or i-pads are young people between 13-31 years old. It can destroy the memory and if that happens you are suffering from Digital Amnesia.
I-pads are very fun but it can be a good idea to limit your time on them. For instance, only have your phone, tablet, i-pad or i-pods on the weekend. That is what we do and we are not forgetful. -Well, sometimes we forget the reading journal or home-learning, but that is a different story…
By Freddie