Are young people becoming addicted to social media and the internet?
Are the internet and social media addictive, especially for the young? Read on!
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Research on Brain Development
Drawing Pictures Is Great for Children’s Development
Waldorf students draw pictures every day of their school life in Waldorf Schools! Read how neuroscience demonstrates the power of this practice. Read More
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World Health Organization Recommends No More Than One Hour of Screen Time for Most Children Under 5
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its strong opinion that child under 5 should have no screen time (or no more than and hour) along with adequate sleep, quiet time and other recommendations we all appreciate! Read here: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2019/04/world_health_organization_issues_guidelines_on_screen_time_among_children_under_5.html
Multicosts of Multitasking
The Dana Foundation, host of the important research from 2007, Learning Arts and the Brain, reports on findings about the high costs of multitasking. http://www.dana.org/Cerebrum/2019/Multicosts_of_Multitasking/
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Science Says Silence is Vital for Our Brains
“Silence is golden,” the saying goes. Research reveals that silence might just be essential! Read about it here: https://www.enlightened-consciousness.com/science-says-silence-is-vital-for-our-brains/
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Is Screen Time Bad for Kids’ Brains?
https://youtu.be/_J3u6yRSNSU A study featured on “60 Minutes” is sure to alarm parents. Here’s what scientists know, and don’t know, about the link between screens, behavior, and development. Read More
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The Diminishing Role of Art in Children’s Lives
Think the arts are not necessary in child’s upbringing and healthy psychological development? Think again! https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/07/the-diminishing-role-of-art-in-childrens-lives/532674/
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The Brain — A Mediating Organ
Thomas Fuchs delineates the nature of the brain and its development: https://eliant.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/Conference2017/The_Brain_-_A_Mediating_Organ.pdf
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A neuroscientist explains what tech does to the reading brain
The impact of reading on screen is described by a neuroscientist. https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/27/17787916/reader-come-home-maryanne-wolf-neuroscience-brain-changes
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Surgery students ‘losing dexterity to stitch patients’
For those who might think handwork and handwriting are useless in school, here’s a doctors lament that manual dexterity is in decline in new medical students, as a result of screen time instead of hands-on craft time, rendering them now so able in the operating room. https://www.bbc.com/news/education-46019429
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