Report: Apple's iPad Could Make You Smarter!

Oh dear... The apple fan boys will never let this one go.

Another Isomething "amazing" story I see...

they're totally right. i've been doing hands on activities my whole life and i still don't even know how to shoot a basketball! that is of course until i downloaded hoops lite! on my iphone. I shoot 3's all day now

Someone forgot to read the fine print. "Research funded by apple"

O M F G .... you must be kidding. Only a apple fan boy would EVER believe this.
"It is less likely to cause cognitive overload to the user"...this article should be, "Ipad makes dumb people who cant use a comptuer seem smarter by using the Ipad."

While this does have the name of iPod and iPhone, this effect should cover all devices (Android, webOS, and....) with simplified OS which focuse more on the user friendly interface than handing multiple complex programs/functions.

I can understand why the study was done on Apple device due to its popularity.

However, due to the nature readers in this website, I am having kind of feeling that the autor in TG intend (or tend to) make Apple news looks bad to please the readers and draw more people reading/leaving comments on the article.

While I can understand the intent, when TH/TG is trying to gather the crowd by the hot spices instead of real beef... that kind of bring the level of TG/TH down.

Anyway, the authors in the TG/TH should know better about their readers here. I will be surprise that this kind of wording on the title and artile were just a "frequently happened accident".

On your iphone

Too bad you're a dumbass for buying one so they equal out. The only people who believe that are the Apple drones.

Well lets see. You have to be a pretty big idiot to buy one of these to begin with so its stands to reason using it cant make you any dumber.

And I too see whats been going on. Lets face it all this BS being reported about Apple is strictly to get people to come here, flame each other, leave, come back and flame some more.

Key word here is "could".

-My latpop battery "could" explode as I'm using it
-BP "could" fix the hole in the Gulf of Mexico
-Steve Jobs "could" become more likable
-Tom's "could" stop reporting useless news

I guess the professor in the article is kind of right though. It's not like iPad owners can get any dumber, so the only way to go is up.

Well, that ain't true. If iPad improves apple fanboys' intelligence, they won't buy an apple product again.

While I do not like the wording in this article, this study is actually very interesting and useful. It is just like the studies done by University of Rochester on how video games improve the real world-vision (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090329143326.htm) and hand-eye corditation (Nature 2003).

While, some people may argue the usefulness of this kind of studies, they are actually very important for studying how our brains work, and for developing softwares for certin training or learning disability.

Anyway, while I don't like them only focus on device from one brand, the study itself is never useless which defintitely worth a space on TG.

So... what you're saying is that the ability to access unlimited amounts of information any time we want at the blink of an eye is making us dumber?

Riiight.

OF COURSE!! when u buy an ipad and u hit the bottom, it would be impossible to get any dumber anyway!!

No. Having the ability to access unlimited amounts of information, and then choosing to OMG LOL on facebook and farmville all day. That's what is making you dumber.

"The main drawback to a single-window experience is that users can't draw information from multiple sources."
"people are able to focus more on one thing because the ipad makes it hard to draw information from multiple sources at once"

you wait, this will be Steve's next argument for why the ipad doesn't have multitasking.

OF COURSE i'm going to be more focused on one thing! because its a pain in the arse to switch between things!! I can achieve the same thing in Windows 7 if I want... I know where the maximise button is. unfortunately there is this little thing called "productivity" that gets in the way...

I somewhat agree that the internet presents something very rewarding for people with short attention spans, but the fact is I CAN control my level of focus myself thanks! I don't need a **** OS to force me!

So buying an oversized iPod touch is going to nurture my intelligence? iDont buy it.

so if i go on the internet on my iPad, then does it make me dumb and smart at the same time?

Um err. Ok. So my Dual Screen setup is useless then.

Yeah if you don't buy it your smart lol

The people that bought an ipad have more to learn than people who aren't stupid enough to buy one, therefore this is not a valid study.

Strange i always use my hands when operating the keyboard and mouse.

Rather than iPads making their owners smarter, I believe after owners realize how much money they wasted on these things, it actually makes them sadder but wiser.

Testing on 150 people does not substantiate their point.Every person has his own way of finding what he wants and how he wants what he's looking for.

We're humans, we can learn from anything.

*Post edited by moderator* Cool it on the insulting comments.

Didn't you know? Ipad can also cure cancer, beat up school ground bullies, butter your toast, fix your erectile dysfunction, turn you into a genius pianist and racecar driver all at the same time! Swan dive!

Im curious how much apple paid for this science report, everything is for sale - especially lawyers and science if the price is right.

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what if i go on facebook with my ipad?...am i just stagnating?...better then getting dumb
But imo the fact that apple interface is so simplified (thats why my mom can use it) doesn't present a challenge, you don't learn anything cuz your just pushing nice pictures on a screen...hows does that make me smarter then working on a pc...which everyday i learn something new, or new ways to do the same thing...which i think makes me smarter because it opens my mind to tackling problems differently unlike the ipad which is very limited a 2year old or a grand ma

"the iPad interface looks easier for us, because it has larger-size text and bigger icons. It is less likely to cause cognitive overload to the user, based on my studies."

So I guess this hearkens back to when we were 1-2 and playing with toys that had a Blue Circle a Yellow Square and a Green Triangle, press them and play music. Because easier to understand means you learn better??? Yeah maybe when you are that damn young. I guess it sucks that all that research I did on Magnetohydrodynamic Electrical Power Generation online caused cognitive overload and I was made dumber by viewing complicated web pages with complicated info and used my hands to manipulate and keyboard and mouse rather than touch a screen to emulate a keyboard and mouse.....makes sense to me.

I feel dumber for reading this article.

So... what you're saying is that the ability to access unlimited amounts of information any time we want at the blink of an eye is making us dumber?Riiight.

While access to information is not a bad thing, it is the process of obtaining that information which I believe builds intelligence. There are certain situations where it is best to be able to get basic facts and be able to come to your own conclusion instead of having the answer given to you. The closest analogy I can find to this is learning math. You can memorize the answers for any given set of problems, but when the same formula is presented to you in a different format, you will not be able to work it out on your own. If a person is spoon fed everything, then yes, I believe it makes people dumber