Title: Susan Greenfield replies to Vaughan Bell and colleagues
Abstract: A year after I wrote Mind Change , Vaughan Bell and colleagues claim I’m scaremongering about potentially adverse effects of internet and computer use.1 They assert there’s no evidence that “typical internet use harms the adolescent brain.” Tellingly, they don’t define “typical use” or reflect on the escalating use preoccupying children—crucial omissions given reports from Ofcom,2 3 the House of Commons Health Committee,4 and Public Health England.5
Recent research shows teens using screens for an average of 10.75 aggregated hours daily.6 Such findings raise the all important question: where should we draw the boundaries between harmless use and misuse? Change in brain structure and function in response to experience is a well-established phenomenon. High levels of multi-tasking,7 internet use,8 or playing video games9 are associated with significant differences in the anterior …
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-09-17
Language: en
Type: letter
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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