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1. • • Studies show that moderate TV watching can lead to greater cognitive decline over 10-20 years. Exercise also does not mitigate these effects. According to research, TV watching does not increase the risk of dementia. Strategies to slow mental aging include being social and engaging in stimulating hobbies.
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   Does watching a lot of TV affect memory?

   • Researchers administered the tests at the start and then again six years later. They found that people who watched more than three and half hours of television a day had an average decrease of 8 to 10 percent in their verbal memory scores, compared with a 4 to 5 percent decrease in those who watched less.

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   Does watching TV increase the risk of dementia?

   • Compared with people who watched TV for less than an hour each day, participants who reported watching four or more hours of TV daily had a 28% higher risk of dementia, a 35% greater risk of depression, and a 16% higher risk of Parkinson's disease.

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   Is watching too much TV a bad thing?

   • By Maureen Salamon, Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch Excessive TV-watching — defined as four or more hours daily — is associated with a greater risk of developing brain-based disorders such as dementia, depression, and Parkinson's disease, a new analysis suggests.

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   How much time do you spend watching TV a day?

   • One study has estimated that half of American adults spend two to three hours each day watching television, with some watching as much as eight hours per day. Is time spent on TV a good thing or a bad thing? Let's look at some of the data in relation to your risks for cognitive decline and dementia.

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   Is watching a lot of TV bad for children?

   • Experts generally agree that watching a lot of television is bad for children. Now a new study suggests it may not be very good for adults, either. The British study, in Scientific Reports, included 3,590 people, average age 67, who were free of dementia at the start of the study. All reported their TV watching time at the study’s start.

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   Does watching TV cause cognitive decline?

   • More importantly, television viewing time was also linked with a decline in cognitive function five years later for all cognitive tests. Although this type of study cannot prove that television viewing caused the cognitive decline, it suggests that it does.

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   Mar 1, 2024 · Excessive TV-watching — defined as four or more hours daily — is associated with a greater risk of developing brain-based disorders such as dementia, depression, and Parkinson's disease, a new analysis suggests.

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   Feb 28, 2019 · Researchers at University College London have found that watching television for over three and a half hours a day is linked to a decline in performance on word learning and recall tasks. The findings are published in the journal, Nature Scientific Reports.

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   Feb 28, 2019 · expert reaction to study looking at watching TV and memory in over 50s. Research published in Scientific Reports suggests that television viewing for more than 3.5 hours per day could contribute to cognitive decline in over 50s.

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   Jan 30, 2024 · The results of the study found that those who spent time watching television saw a significantly greater incidence of dementia (24%), whereas computer users showed a 15% reduced risk. This is likely because even though both of these are sedentary behaviors, there are critical differences in the ways the brain responds to each of them.

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   Jun 8, 2021 · Studies show that moderate TV watching can lead to greater cognitive decline over 10-20 years. Exercise also does not mitigate these effects. According to research, TV watching does not...

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   Apr 10, 2023 · Those who watched the most television daily — more than four hours — were 24% more likely to develop dementia. Those who used computers interactively (not passively streaming) more than one hour daily as a leisure activity were 15% less likely to develop dementia.

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   Mar 15, 2019 · March 15, 2019. Experts generally agree that watching a lot of television is bad for children. Now a new study suggests it may not be very good for adults, either. The British study, in...