An Interesting Study

While there have been relatively few extensive studies on technology dependence and PM, there have been several notable studies that illustrate effects of technology dependence. A study, performed at the University of Dublin in 2007, revealed potential degeneration of memory. In this study of 3000 people, nearly one third of those under the age of 30 could not remember their home phone number without checking their mobile phones. With respect to birthdays of immediate family members, 87% of the people over 50 knew birthdays compared to 38% of those under 30. Other results of the two month study indicated that the majority (58 per cent) of the population wrongly believed that they were incapable of remembering the myriad of numbers and codes which they use in everyday life. Unfortunately, details of the study were not released, leaving several questions about other factors in the experimenting process.