Open AccessDigital Dementia
Author(s) -
Antonio Sandu,
Polixenia Nistor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eastern-european journal of medical humanities and bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2668-0661
pISSN - 2559-7604
DOI - 10.18662/eejmhb/4.1/22
Subject(s) - dementia , habit , psychology , cognition , computer science , cognitive psychology , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , disease
The development of communication technology, especially mobile technology, which has become almost indispensable, leads in some situations to negative effects on users' cognitive abilities, effects named "digital dementia". The diagnosis of digital dementia has been said to bring together a series of symptoms similar to those of Alzheimer's in the case of intensive use of mobile phones and the habit of performing several digital activities simultaneously at the same time.