The Brain Difference Between Scrolling and Reading

There are 2 types of activity you can engage in when you're sitting down. One's good for your brain and one is bad for your brain. Hey, I'm Dr. David Perlmutter. I'm a neurologist and I'm really interested in this kind of stuff. And this recent study came out that looked at what do people do when they are sitting down. If they are passive, in other words, if their brain isn't really engaged, they're watching TV, they're doom scrolling, and just not really using their brains to, to ask questions or to interact with their environment, then that's associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline. On the other hand, You can be sitting down, be sedentary. We're all doing it. I'm doing it right now. But if you're engaged in mentally challenging activities like solving a puzzle, playing a card game, reading a book, then that's been demonstrated actually to be what you should be doing when you're sitting down. So to sit there and just take it all in when you're watching Netflix or whatever, that's really not what your brain is looking for in order to be healthy. What you want to do is engage your brain and stay mentally engaged. That's the best advice that anyone could get.