According to popular belief, watching too much television destroys the brain cells. Is this true?

Answer 1

No it's most certainly not true. By watching television your senses are at work processing visual and auditory information, causing synapses to fire throughout your brain. If you are watching the right channels you can also learn quite a lot of information. So no television does not as they say "rot the brain". But there are some better things that you could be doing with your time that would be better for your brain.

Answer 2

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Experiments conducted by researcher Herbert Krugman reveal that when a person watches television, brain activity switches from the left to the right hemisphere. The left hemisphere is the seat of logical thought. Here, information is broken down into its component parts and critically analyzed. The right brain, however, treats incoming data uncritically, processing information in wholes, leading to emotional, rather than logical responses. The shift from left to right brain activity also causes the release of endorphins, the body's own natural opiates--thus, it is possible to become physically addicted to watching television, a hypothesis borne out by numerous studies which have shown that very few people are able to kick the television habit. It's no longer an overstatement to note that the youth today that are raised and taught through network television are intellectually dead by their early teens.

The dumbing down of humanity is represented by another shift which occurs in the brain when we watch television. Activity in the higher brain regions (such as the neo-cortex) is diminished, while activity in the lower brain regions (such as the limbic system) increases. The latter, commonly referred to as the reptile brain, is associated with more primitive mental functions, such as the "fight or flight" response. The reptile brain is unable to distinguish between reality and the simulated reality of television. To the reptile brain, if it looks real, it is real. Thus, though we know on a conscious level it is "only a film," on a conscious level we do not--the heart beats faster, for instance, while we watch a suspenseful scene. Similarly, we know the commercial is trying to manipulate us, but on an unconscious level the commercial nonetheless succeeds in, say, making us feel inadequate until we buy whatever thing is being advertised--and the effect is all the more powerful because it is unconscious, operating on the deepest level of human response. The reptile brain makes it possible for us to survive as biological beings, but it also leaves us vulnerable to the manipulations of television programmers. This is where the manipulators use our own emotions as strings to control us. The distortions and directions we are being moved to are taking place in the subconscious, often undetected.

Answer 3

television has a strobe effect, which for many people, especially right hemisphere dominant people, it is one of the best ways to learn. it accesses different parts of the brain than does reading.
the only caution is not to watch too much tv, because the strobe effect is addictive. Also do not show tv to children under the age of 2, or preferrably 3, because it can really mess with their brain functions in later life.
happy tv watching

Answer 4

No. Not even alcohol destroys any brain cells. But TV can leave your brain somewhat under exercised.

Answer 5

no watching to much tv doesn't destroy brain cells also this is not a psychology question it would be a medical question

Answer 6

Yup ; that's why it's called the idiot box .

Answer 7

nope!!!!!!!!!!!!but to much achol do