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Posts Tagged ‘Decline’

Reseach in Motion to Introduce 7 New Smartphones

The competition in the smart phone and tablet markets has more competition than ever before. BlackBerry use to be the leader in the smart phone industry, but have fallen in a distant third place behind Apple and Google. The iPhone and all of the Android powered smart phones have better features and more apps to download.…

On a mobile? You're a walking accident

Research has confirmed what many of us suspect – walking while talking on a mobile phone increases your chances of having an accident.

Those who cross the road while chatting on a phone raise their chance of being hit by a car by 15 per cent, research reveals.

Older people are particularly at risk because their multi-tasking skills decline with increasing age, the researchers said.…

Why doctors are not as clever as they used to be

Leading professionals are becoming less intelligent, researchers said yesterday. Lawyers, doctors, accountants and bankers were all cleverer a generation ago, a study found. 

The startling conclusion was reached by academics looking into social mobility. They wanted to find out why those born into poor families in the 1970s were much less successful than those born in the 1950s. …

Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?

090128092341 large Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved. (Credit: iStockphoto/Jim DeLillo)

From Science Daily:

ScienceDaily (Jan. 29, 2009) — As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and director of the Children’s Digital Media Center, Los Angeles.…

Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?

090128092341 large Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved. (Credit: iStockphoto/Jim DeLillo)

From Science Daily:

ScienceDaily (Jan. 29, 2009) — As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and director of the Children’s Digital Media Center, Los Angeles.…