How is digital media use rewiring children’s brains – and how can these impacts be measured? In this episode of Screen Deep, host Kris Perry discusses the latest research on screen use and brain development with Dr. Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology and the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Dr. Horowitz-Kraus provides an overview of how the brain processes language and reading, what her brain imaging research shows about how these processes and related cognitive skills work differently with digital media, as well as how the presence of mobile phones and other technology can disrupt attention.
In this episode, you will learn:
- What brain imaging is revealing about how screen use affects the developing brains of children
- Why specific areas of the brain and the networks that connect them each matter for child reading and language development
- How to read to your child to engage attention and creativity
- Differences in how print versus digital reading activate cognitive regions in the brain
- How the mere physical presence of a smartphone can affect children’s attention, impulse control, and task performance
For more resources and research on this topic visit the Learn and Explore section of the Children and Screens website (https://www.childrenandscreens.org)
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