Screen Time and the Affects on the Brain
12/20/19
Affecting our ability to learn with books?
Screen Time and the Brain
Affecting our Attitude and Attention?
Affects
- Sleep deprived
- Screens before sleep
- Change in Attitude
- Multitasking
- Attention Spans
- Mental States
Attitude
Attitude
- Increased chances of Depression, Anxiety, and Agression
- Possibly linked to suicide
- Attitude changes in teens became widely noticed in 2012
- When phones became widespread
- Nearly half of teens who spend 5 hours or more daily on a cell phone say that they thought of suicide.
- Teens off screens more likely to be happy
Screen Time and the Brain
Attention/ Multitasking
Attention/ Multitasking
- Missends info
- Info is shallower in the brain
- Affects our attention spans
- Losing deep thinking
Screen time and the Brain
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