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1、考研时文阅读（12Text11WhytextingharmsyourIQ为什么收发短信会降低智商？Theregularuseoftextmessagesande-mailscanlowertheIQmorethantwiceasmuchassmokingmarijuana.Thatistheclaimofpsychologistswhohavefoundthattappingawayonamobilephoneorcomputerkeypadorcheckingthemforelectronicmessagestemporarilyknocks
2、uptotenpointsofftheuser'sIQ.Thisrateofdeclineinintelligencecomparesunfavorablywiththefour-pointdropinIQassociatedwithsmokingmarijuana,accordingtoBritishresearchers,whohavelabeledthefleetingphenomenonofenhancedstupidityasinfomania.ResearchonsleepdeprivationsuggeststhattheIQdr
3、opcausedbyelectronicobsessionisalsoequivalenttoawakefulnight.Infomaniaismainlyaproblemforadultworkers,especiallymen,asthestudycommissionedbyHewlettPackard,thetechnologycompany,hasconcluded.ThenoticeabledropinIQisattributedtotheconstantdistractionofalwaysontechnologywhenemplo
4、yeesshouldbeconcentratingonwhattheyarepaidtodo.Infomaniameansthattheyloseconcentrationastheirmindsremainfixedinanalmostpermanentstateofreadinesstoreacttotechnologyinsteadoffocusingonthetaskinhand.Workersloseproductivitybyinterruptingabusinessmeetinganddisruptsocialgatherings
5、becauseoftheirinfirmity,thereportsaid.Thebrainalsofindsithardtocopewithjugglinglotsoftasksatonce,reducingitsoveralleffectiveness,itadded.Andwhilemoderntechnologycanhavehugebenefits,excessiveusecanbedamagingnotonlytoaperson'smind,buttotheirsociallife.Furthermore,infomaniaisha
6、vinganegativeeffectonworkcolleagues,increasingstressanddissentingfeelings.Nineoutoftenpolledthoughtthatcolleagueswhoanswerede-mailsormessagesduringaface-to-facemeetingwereextremelyrude.YetoneinthreeBritonsbelievesthatitisnotonlyacceptable,butactuallydiligentandefficienttodos
7、o.TheeffectsonIQwerestudiedbyDrGlennWilson,aUniversityofLondonpsychologist,aspartoftheresearchproject.Thisisaveryrealandwidespreadphenomenon,hesaid.Wehavefoundthatinfomania,ifunchecked,willdamageaworker'sperformancebyreducingtheirmentalsharpness.Companiesshouldencourageamore
8、balancedandappropriatewayofworking.经常收发短信和e-mail会降低人的智商。这种损害比吸食大麻对智商带来的损害要高
