Too dependent on smartphones leads to lazy thinking

Instead of using smart phones to address individual needs, people are dependent on them when thinking.

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"Individuals who are not willing to participate in discussions that are usually Internet-dependent from their smartphones," a new study by psychologists at the University of Waterloo, Canada is published in Computers. in Human Behavior said.

Research suggests that those who think intuitively when using smartphones, often use the device's search engine instead of brain power. Smartphone makes them lazy more lazy. "They can find information that they actually know or can easily know, but are not voluntary, really trying to think about it," said Gordon Pennycook, co-author of the study.

New research shows that smartphone convenience makes users lazy to think.(Photo: Fotolia)

In three studies involving 660 people, scientists looked at a variety of computational methods, including different cognitive styles, from intuition to analytical thinking, and math and language skills. language. They then considered the participant's habit of using the phone.

Research participants who show stronger cognitive skills, are more willing to think analytically spend less time with their smartphone search engine. "Our research supports the link between excessive smartphone use and intelligence decline," Pennycook said. "Whether smartphones really reduce intelligence is still an open question that needs more research."

As predicted last year, the number of smart phone users will exceed the 2 billion threshold in 2016. In other words, more than a quarter of the world's population uses smartphones. This number will increase to over 2.56 billion, equivalent to one third of the world population in 2018.

A large number of smartphones will increase in China, which has more than 500 million users at the moment. This number is expected to increase to more than 700 million by 2018.