Screen Damage

Informationen zum Autor Michel Desmurget is a neuroscientist and Director of Research at INSERM, Paris. Klappentext All forms of recreational digital consumption - whether on smartphones, tablets, game consoles or TVs - have skyrocketed in the younger generations. From the age of 2, children in the West clock up more than 2.5 hours of screen time a day; by the time they reach 13, it's more than 7 hours a day. Added up over the first 18 years of life, this is the equivalent of almost 30 school years, or 15 years of full-time employment.Most media experts do not seem overly concerned about this situation: children are adaptable, they say, they are 'digital natives', their brains have changed and screens make them smarter. But other specialists - including some paediatricians, psychiatrists, teachers and speech therapists - dispute these claims, and many parents worry about the long-term consequences of their children's intensive exposure to screens.Michel Desmurget, a leading neuroscientist, has carefully weighed up the scientific evidence concerning the impact of the digital activities of our children and adolescents, and his assessment does not make for happy reading: he shows that these activities have significant detrimental consequences in terms of the health, behaviour and intellectual abilities of young people, and strongly affect their academic outcomes.A wake-up call for anyone concerned about the long-term impacts of our children's over-exposure to screens. Zusammenfassung All forms of recreational digital consumption - whether on smartphones, tablets, game consoles or TVs - have skyrocketed in the younger generations. From the age of 2, children in the West clock up more than 2.5 hours of screen time a day; by the time they reach 13, it's more than 7 hours a day. Added up over the first 18 years of life, this is the equivalent of almost 30 school years, or 15 years of full-time employment.Most media experts do not seem overly concerned about this situation: children are adaptable, they say, they are 'digital natives', their brains have changed and screens make them smarter. But other specialists - including some paediatricians, psychiatrists, teachers and speech therapists - dispute these claims, and many parents worry about the long-term consequences of their children's intensive exposure to screens.Michel Desmurget, a leading neuroscientist, has carefully weighed up the scientific evidence concerning the impact of the digital activities of our children and adolescents, and his assessment does not make for happy reading: he shows that these activities have significant detrimental consequences in terms of the health, behaviour and intellectual abilities of young people, and strongly affect their academic outcomes.A wake-up call for anyone concerned about the long-term impacts of our children's over-exposure to screens. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: whom should we believe? Part One Digital natives: building a myth Part Two Uses: an incredible frenzy of recreational screens Part Three Impacts: chronicles of a disaster foretold 1. Preamble. Multiple and intricate impacts 2. Academic success. A powerful prejudice 3. Discussion. A damaging environment 4. Health. A silent aggression Epilogue: a very old brain for a brave new world Bibliography Notes Index...

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Michel Desmurget is a neuroscientist and Director of Research at INSERM, Paris.

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All forms of recreational digital consumption - whether on smartphones, tablets, game consoles or TVs - have skyrocketed in the younger generations. From the age of 2, children in the West clock up more than 2.5 hours of screen time a day; by the time they reach 13, it's more than 7 hours a day. Added up over the first 18 years of life, this is the equivalent of almost 30 school years, or 15 years of full-time employment. Most media experts do not seem overly concerned about this situation: children are adaptable, they say, they are 'digital natives', their brains have changed and screens make them smarter. But other specialists - including some paediatricians, psychiatrists, teachers and speech therapists - dispute these claims, and many parents worry about the long-term consequences of their children's intensive exposure to screens. Michel Desmurget, a leading neuroscientist, has carefully weighed up the scientific evidence concerning the impact of the digital activities of our children and adolescents, and his assessment does not make for happy reading: he shows that these activities have significant detrimental consequences in terms of the health, behaviour and intellectual abilities of young people, and strongly affect their academic outcomes. A wake-up call for anyone concerned about the long-term impacts of our children's over-exposure to screens.

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Introduction: whom should we believe?

Part One

Digital natives: building a myth

Part Two

Uses: an incredible frenzy of recreational screens

Part Three

Impacts: chronicles of a disaster foretold

1. Preamble. Multiple and intricate impacts

2. Academic success. A powerful prejudice

3. Discussion. A damaging environment

4. Health. A silent aggression

   Epilogue: a very old brain for a brave new world

   Bibliography

   Notes

   Index