"Digital dementia" in the age of new media- Keynote Prof. Dr. Manfred Spitzer - Stiftung Louisenlund

Professor Manfred Spitzer studied medicine, philosophy and psychology at the University of Freiburg in Southern Germany. His
first appointment as professor was at the University of Heidelberg, Department of Psychiatry. He has completed three research fellowships (Neurobiology, Psychology and Psychiatry) in the
USA at the University of Harvard and the University of Oregon. Since 1997 Professor Spitzer has been the director of the Psychiatric Clinic in Ulm, Bavaria. In 2004 he founded the Transfer Centre for Neuroscience and Learning which carries educational research, evaluates educational institutions, as well as concerning itself with pedagogical development. Manfred Spitzer is the author of a number of bestsellers.

[@sohrabtajadin3402]

This guy is a GENIUS. Very, very informative and eye-opening lecture. BRILLIANT.

[@faustdownunder]

The best 90 minutes spent on youtube in a long time. Competence, honesty and passion - brilliant.

[@furenaef]

This talk was literally the best thing I heard this year. Things you didn’t know but did without knowing, like walking in nature is relaxing, I just didn’t know why. Definitely worth watching. It. Will watch again. Thanks for uploading!

[@purplebutterfly4078]

exactly...my grandparents used to spend a lot of their time in nature hiking in summer especially, picking berries and so on....my grandma used to say it relaxed her...now, as an adult myself, I can totally relate to that....it is like psychotherapy, just like caring for a pet, free psychotherapy....

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[@nemiw4429]

He stutters and still performs amazingly. Wow!

[@conspirateur13]

This professor is brilliant.

[@moontiger2957]

Such a wonderful talk!

[@Kurikesh]

Very nice speech... Lot of good info...

[@Redefine_Relaxation]

Super!!!!

[@nemiw4429]

He stutters and still performs amazing.

[@Isamoe]

Brillant🤩🤩‼️

[@murtazaarsiwala3531]

i wish i could see the graphs and diagrams also

[@siddhisonne5362]

Wow, I did not know his English is so good.

[@evankagoro1223]

Hello guys I need help, For long time I have been trying to figure out the amount of time healthy to work with my computer without damaging my brain?! I am a professional Electrical Engineer, so sometimes I am required to work on my computer for 4 to 6 hours straight of which I think it is not good.

[@epvoblio]

briliant

[@joywhite9144]

So how do you overcome isolation when surrounded by people with digital dementia? People that make love to their TV and that could be literal. I gave up a long time ago. People in general suck. Their quality is in major decline

[@purplebutterfly4078]

true....I often wish I had lived in my grandparents time, since people were more normal and mentally sane back then....not to mention interpersonal relationships...and we re surprised nowadays that all marriages end up in divorce and so on....

[@sms091121]

هذا خلق الله... فسبحان الله الخالق العظيم

[@sertaoexpedicoes]

Where is the part on "Digital Dementia"? Went trough all the lecture and couldn't find it... (good content tough).

[@panhouska]

Seems like you have it...

[@simonweiguny]

Unfortunately the graphics aren't well visible.

[@stumyp]

can you re-upload with both audio channels? just copy right to left, it is really hard to listen in the headphones...

[@stumyp]

ok, it will be available here soon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mauxeWujfb10hKM a copy of your video with both channels active

[@larsarnkvist6264]

I can get no sound?

[@inshadow2000]

I only get sound in the right channel. So probably no sound was recorded to the left channel. Maybe you cannot hear sound from your right channel - for some reason?

[@johnmanole4779]

I am 20, I can speak and write English, but I waste time on phone do I still have any chance to improve my mental capabilities? Or am I doomed? 🤧🤧

[@VisiblyJacked]

Doomed sorry bro :-/ Just kidding! We will make it.

[@johnmanole4779]

@@VisiblyJacked thanks.

[@SuperPenguin5495]

26:46

[@helmutcohen562]

Der Impfnarr! :-)

[@passamaquoddy8311]

He doesn't know the difference between data, knowledge and information!

[@simonweiguny]

I find, that he very well knows the difference.

[@angieshmoo5112]

I watched this and enjoyed it very much. He had me until he said "multi tasking is training your brain to use it in a non optimal fashion, so don't do it". I understand that he's speaking to students and might be referring to schooling...but I severely multi task at work (actually performing more than 2-3 tasks at the same time) & I believe it helps my brain deal when having to do more than one task at a time out of the workplace.

[@boris4474]

well like he said, people who think they can multitask actually believe they can, but it shows they dont, you would've made an excellent test subject for him!

[@catcodac]

Some of this was quite interesting but I don't agree with everything. Electronic book readers have many advantages over paper. One is the instant availability of a dictionary. Another that you can read in situations where page turning is difficult. Also lighting becomes irrelevant. Searching for words may be the biggest: where did I first meet this character? No more paper books for me! Knowledge on demand is also not supposed to mean "all knowledge". But should I have to memorize a catalogue of specifications rather than searching through a database when I need it, therefore "on demand"? Regarding tablets for kids, Dr. Spitzer must have seen some very precocious kids that were already on Tinder. That's the only explanation for the limited gestures he showed. On the contrary, playing "Cover Orange" and many other stimulating/educational games can increase creativity, ingenuity, logics, etc. Sure, a sandbox and many other real toys have their value, but how many kids have access to the things we did when we were kids? Times are changing; another "lesson" should be to be open minded and adapt.

[@nickepic1863]

Read his book, it's not how you think it is. Your brain is distracted by that same tablet and this destroy your brain and long term memory. And your argument about having google in your pocket is well described in his book, if your brain knows you have google in your pocket all the time it will never remember any information whatsoever. And he explained how brain works and that games do not develop your intelligence whatsoever, your brains develop more when you go jogging than playing memory games. There is no proof for the claims that memory games improve your intelligence. Just read his book and you will find all the answers you need.

[@davidclark9143]

Stop comparing the brain to a computer! This is untrue!!!

[@n71y17]

Sam Hyde stole a lot of things from here