The Washington Post (5/26, McMahan) reports a systemic review found that “engagement with digital technology was associated with a 58 percent reduced risk of cognitive impairment in people middle-aged and older.” The researchers reviewed 57 studies involving more than 411,000 adults with an average age of 69 to determine “whether exposure to technology has helped or harmed cognition among the first generation of adults with prolonged exposure to digital devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers.” They observed that “technology could play a role in preserving brain function, not worsening.” Researchers concluded, “There was no credible evidence from the longitudinal studies, or the meta-analysis as a whole, for widespread digital ‘brain drain’ or ‘digital dementia’ as a result of general, natural uses of digital technology.” The review was published in Nature Human Behavior. (SOURCE: APA Headlines)