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Why Kids & Digital Media Consumption are Enemies

A lecture summary on “Digital Dementia – The risks and side effects of digital Media use” by Prof. Manfred Spitzer, M.D., Ph.D. from Ulm University, Germany.   Dr. Spitzer commenced his speech by very briefly explaining how the human brain functions, develops & grows from childhood to old age. The main takeaway here was, that a human brain in principle, is able to process and learn new information faster and better, the more it is challenged to learn at a young age. Meaning that unlike a computers hard drive, which storage capacity will be full at some point, the human Read more…