Mom always said too much TV would rot your brain, and as with so many other things it appears she was right.
Middle-aged folks who regularly turn to TV for entertainment appear to have a greater risk of decline in their reasoning and memory later in life, three new studies suggest.
Researchers found that even moderate amounts of TV viewing were associated with worse performance on cognitive tests as people aged. Regular TV viewers also experienced greater brain atrophy.
The investigators couldn’t say whether TV itself is directly behind this brain decline, or if it’s the amount of sedentary couch time folks accumulate while…
