Susan Adele Greenfield the 61 year old UK Baroness and neuroscientist who specializes in the physiology of the brain pertaining to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, has expressed concerns that digital technology may be having negative impacts on early development of children’s brains. Greenfield suggests that social networking sites in particular may be having an impact that we will not become aware of for several decades, pointing to the fact the human brain can change and the environment is capable of doing so. Criticized in some academic circles for her lack of clinical research to support her contention, Greenfield’s likens her critics to “like the people who denied that smoking caused cancer”. Greenfield says she is not criticizing the technologies themselves, but rather how and the extent to which technologies are used. Inspired by Frank Swain ow.ly/5XBep image source University of Oxford ow.ly/5XBdg Adolescents with internet addiction disorder (August 12 2011)

Susan Adele Greenfield the 61 year old UK Baroness and neuroscientist who specializes in the physiology of the brain pertaining to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, has expressed concerns that digital technology may be having negative impacts on early development of children’s brains. Greenfield suggests that social networking sites in particular may be having an impact that we will not become aware of for several decades, pointing to the fact the human brain can change and the environment is capable of doing so. Criticized in some academic circles for her lack of clinical research to support her contention, Greenfield’s likens her critics to “like the people who denied that smoking caused cancer”. Greenfield says she is not criticizing the technologies themselves, but rather how and the extent to which technologies are used.

 

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