New research has found that children exposed to tablets and laptops have alterations in their brain similar to those of sex addicts. In particular, the frontal cortex is affected, undermining impulse control.
Source Article:
Screen Time Syndrome: Brain Images Explain Why Kids Are Moody, Impulsive & Can’t Pay Attention
http://deeprootsathome.com/screen-time-childs-brain/
Excerpt:
“We now know that smartphones, iPads, and Xboxes are a form of digital drug. Recent brain imaging research is showing that they affect the brain’s frontal cortex – which controls executive functioning, including impulse control – in exactly the same way that cocaine does. Technology is so hyper-arousing that it raises dopamine levels — the feel-good neurotransmitter most involved in the addiction dynamic – as much as sex.
Source: Lin, Zhou,Lei, et al. Red areas designate abnormal white matter in internet addicted kids.As a doctor, Dunckley observes that many of the children she sees suffer from sensory overload, lack of restorative sleep, and a hyper-aroused nervous system, regardless of diagnosis—what she calls electronic screen syndrome. These children are impulsive, moody, and can’t pay attention – much like the damage seen in these scans above.”
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