http://mindhacks.com/2008/07/29/is-the-cinematograph-making-us-stupid/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:46:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2008/07/29/is-the-cinematograph-making-us-stupid/#comment-6477 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:30:57 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/is-the-cinematograph-making-us-stupid/#comment-6477 I’ve been interested in the idea for a few years now ever since a friend of mine mentioned it as one of his considerations for a thesis. Though, admittedly, his was concerned more with damage from subliminal sources (like high-frequency sound-radiations from the power lines or in-home appliances).
I think the whole topic of neurasthenia has a lot in common with what psychologists call “conversion disorder” (or conversion reactions) where stresses become physically manifest.
It also would seem a fair interpretation to consider an evolutionary perspective: perhaps the people who have severe neurasthenia are simply no longer “fit for survival”?

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