More work is needed to explain the findings, but the researchers suspect a two-way relationship underpins the results. In this scenario, people with better thinking skills are more likely to use digital devices, but there are also cognitive benefits to be had from embracing the technology.
Because for older people it’s about learning new things. I’ve just gotten my 80yo mum onto using a smart phone and it’s baby steps but she’s learning how to use it. She’s learning something new. Before I had a falling out with my father, he had a tantrum at me using big fancy words that he doesn’t understand, like app, play-store, email, dns, etc. If you can’t fix it with a spanner or hammer he doesn’t want anything to do with it, so he watches free2air tv, sips coffee and smokes weed; from what I can tell that’s all he does.