Gen Z is now officially the only generation to measure lower than their predecessors in intelligence. A neuroscientist says this is because short videos and summarised texts are being increasingly relied on, but this is not how the human brain works.
Sorry to be so direct - this is a frankly terrible article.
The paraphrased sections are not directly cited, the quotations are extremely brief and general, and sources either are not given or only the general publication (without specifics) are given, no numbers or comparators are given. The site layout appears intentionally messy to make it harder to avoid ad or ad-placed articles. Overall this seems to be content as a pretext for ads.
For anyone clicking through because they would like to read something more thought-out, here’s an article I found by googling the name of the person quoted, which gives more details: https://fortune.com/article/how-did-us-spending-30-billion-dollars-on-laptops-result-in-first-generation-less-cognitively-capable-than-parents/
This also is low on numbers, but here’s a link to Horvath’s testimony which appears to include comparator charts: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/A19DF2E8-3C69-4193-A676-430CF0C83DC2
I don’t think it’s meant to be an academic write up- just a basic idea of the study and results. Though your links do cover it much better.
I have an ad blocker so I see no ads on mine.
I support people posting content, so no worries. I guess if anything, I just want to help people who were frustrated like I was find better content. I don’t mean for it to make you feel bad, keep posting, but the more you can share something that helps the reader, the better for everyone.
Oh absolutely! I do t feel bad at all, and I appreciate the lift! We need to see more of this here.