Adolescent Brain and the Natural Allure of Digital Media 

Overview

Journal Dialogues Clin Neurosci

Specialty Neurology

Date 2020 Jul 24

PMID 32699512

Citations 7

Authors

Jay N Giedd

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Abstract

The growing amount of screen time among adolescents has raised concerns about the effects it may have on their physical and psychological health. Although the literature is divided on whether the effects are mostly positive, neutral, or mostly negative, it is likely that the impacts will be highly individualized with a mixture of good and bad consequences for each person. Understanding behavioral and neurobiological phenomena of adolescence may help to guide research and interventions to optimize the benefits and minimize the risks. Particular aspects of adolescent development relevant to the issue include: (i) hunger for human connectedness; (ii) appetite for adventure; and (iii) desire for data. .

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