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August 28, 2015

Strange But True!

Q. Sure, we love our smartphones, but how are they making us all a little bit dumber?

A. With smartphones, multi-tasking becomes pretty much the order of the day, reports Rob Asghar on http://www.forbes.com. According to psychologist David Levitin, author of the book “The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information,” “Being in a situation where you're trying to concentrate on one task while an email is sitting unread in your in-box can reduce your effective IQ by 10 points!”


 
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