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Overview"All forms of recreational digital consumption--whether on smartphones, tablets, game consoles, or TVs--have skyrocketed in the younger generations. From the age of two, children in the West clock up more than 2.5 hours of screen time a day; by the time they reach thirteen, it's more than seven hours a day. Added up over the first eighteen years of life, this is the equivalent of almost thirty school years, or fifteen years of full-time employment. Most media experts do not seem overly concerned about this situation: children are adaptable, they say, they are ""digital natives,"" their brains have changed and screens make them smarter. But other specialists--including some pediatricians, psychiatrists, teachers, and speech therapists--dispute these claims, and many parents worry about the long-term consequences of their children's intensive exposure to screens. Michel Desmurget, a leading neuroscientist, has carefully weighed up the scientific evidence concerning the impact of the digital activities of our children and adolescents, and his assessment does not make for happy listening: he shows that these activities have significant detrimental consequences in terms of the health, behavior, and intellectual abilities of young people, and strongly affect their academic outcomes." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michel Desmurget , Andrew Brown , Lyle BlakerPublisher: Tantor Audio Imprint: Tantor Audio Edition: Library Edition ISBN: 9798212967969Publication Date: 29 August 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMichel Desmurget is a neuroscientist and director of research at INSERM, Paris. As a full-time voice talent and Audie-nominated audiobook narrator, Lyle Blaker has narrated nearly 100 audiobook titles, as well as countless hours of e-learning narration for major companies such as Houghton Mifflin, Harvard Business School, and Refinery Pass, and is an often-used voice for WGBH Channel 2 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is known for his warm, friendly, and approachable narration style. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |