Reading stuff like this makes you less intelligent

Text messaging, AIMing and other forms of incessant communication are a distraction according to The Scotsman's summary of a new study. Sweet spot:

CONSTANT text messaging and e-mailing causes a reduction in mental capability equivalent to the loss of ten IQ points, according to research.

Tapping away on a mobile phone or computer keypad or checking messages on a handheld gadget temporarily reduces the performance of the brain, according to the study into the effects of "infomania".

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