There's a new study out about child brain development and screen time. So naturally, there is panic.
The study establishes a correlation between the prevalence of screens in a young child's life, their reading and language skills, and the physical development of their brain as shown on an MRI. Published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, it's called Associations Between Screen-Based Media Use and Brain White Matter Integrity in Preschool-Aged Children.
Specifically, the MRIs showed that children (all ages 3-5) who interact less with screens have more physical development in the connections in the brain that govern language and literacy. Conversely, the brains of children who spend more time with screens showed less developed connections between the neurons that power reading and writing skills. And for the most part, functional tests assessing the abilities of the kid subjects backed up what the MRIs suggested. Read more...
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