Excessive TV watching in later life damages memory, study finds

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(Mark Hilliard/ The Irish Times) — Watching a lot of television in later life can damage memory of words and language, a new study has found.

The research, conducted at University College London (UCL) and published in the Scientific Reports journal, examined the effects of television viewing among 3,662 adults aged 50 and over.

It found that watching more than three-and-a-half hours per day was associated with a decline in memory of words and language over the following six years.

While there has been much research over the last decade in the effects of television consumption, the majority of it has focused on children as opposed to those in later life. (…)

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