the benefits of the internet for the over 50s

A study by researchers at New York University has shown that the Internet can reduce the risk of cognitive decline by 43%. To do this, academicsasked more than 18,000 people between the ages of 50 and 65 whether they regularly use the Internet. They then observed, over an average period of eight years, whether it could reduce the risk of major cognitive decline.“, explains the doctor and journalist Damien Mascret, present on the set of 19/20, Monday, May 8.

Content to be consumed in moderation

These results are explained by amassive brain simulation“. The health professional develops: “When we look for something on the Internet we stimulate the visual zones, the language zones. It’s like when we read“. However, web content should be consumed in moderation.”Those who do too much [d’ordinateur]more than six hours a day, double their risk“of cognitive decline, concludes Damien Mascret.