Too Much Screen Time May Be Stunting Toddlers’ Brains
November 19th, 2019Via: U.S. News:
Toddlers who spend loads of time looking at tablets, smartphones or TVs may be changing their brains, and not for the better.
A new study using brain scans showed that the white matter in the brains of children who spent hours in front of screens wasn’t developing as fast as it was in the brains of kids who didn’t.
It’s in the white matter of the brain where language, other literacy skills, and the process of mental control and self-regulation develop, researchers say.
“What we think happens is that the development of these skills really depends on the quality of the experience, such as interaction with people, interaction with the world and playing,” explained lead researcher Dr. John Hutton. He is director of the Reading and Literacy Discovery Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
