Tech's Impact On Young Brains | America Inside Out with Katie Couric

Katie sits down with Dr. Larry Rosen, a tech psychologist and author, to discuss what the science says about what technology is doing to developing brains.

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Tech's Impact On Young Brains | America Inside Out with Katie Couric

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[NatGeo]

Modern technology has been shown to affect memory and creativity in developing minds. How do you feel about technology's impact on society?

[TheAkash]

Getting people aware for not using tech
On other hand, in the end of the video, the woman is suggesting to check out other videos.

[Miimu]

brb im gonna go destroy all the electronics in my house

[ElNingyou]

I think for a lot of people it’s less about escaping boredom than it is about quieting anxiety—the anxiety of being in a tumultuous world of which we are probably more aware than any previous generation thanks to technology, omnipresent controversy-fueled media, and constant, dispiriting-to-infuriating political conversation and contextualizing; anxiety of the pressures of inheriting a broken world made out of bullshit. Young people are scared and upset. They need to watch videos and talk to “friends” to dull the constant ache of thought. A symptom of the mindfulness necessary to survive in the modern world has become a constant pull to find the quickest escape route, even to the detriment of that survival. You can’t BE “bored”. You’re not allowed anymore. You don’t have time. You’ve gotta gear up to pay your bills, save the world, and never retire.

[nody]

boredom is important because boredom clicks in the creative activities. We don’t allow ourselves to get bored anymore.

[arditr]

This is gonna be a big controversy now... Brb getting my popcorn!

[soumiayousfi]

So true, that's why I tell my mom to not let my lil sister use phone or tablet more than one hour and harlf a day. We as young adults (I'm twenty one) and adults should pay more attention to this topic of tech and kids.

[georgemendoza]

Took Dr. Rosen's class at CSUDH. Fascinating stuff!!

[yashsrivastava]

We want more videos about RESEARCHERS on SUCH TOPICS..

[gawayne]

It is affecting our creativity indeed. Like VR art, modding communities, learning about all sorts of things through YouTube (the paltaforn you are currently using to spread this message) and the list goes on. Sure, tech vegetables are a problem. But it not the technology integration with our lifestyle that's a problem, is how some people approach it. Education is the key to most of our society's problems, including this one

[ReeThealien]

Omg, I was just talking about brain development with my friend.

[sacta]

I can't find any source on the blue light plaques thing. Does anybody have any article or anything on it? It sounds very worrying

[akshitamishra]

wow this makes me never want to use a phone ever again

[edgarmorbos]

And yet you're uploading this on Youtube, a product of technology👏👏👏

[Syntacy]

Where can I get the full video about this.

[InderjitSingh]

i thought it were the social kids who got phones first in school. The quieter ones in my classes didn't had phone but sociable ones had freaking iphones at age of 14 and some of them turned to be successful so far.

[hihowareyou]

Ooh yeah i got depression and suicide thoughts because of high school.

[bobaldo]

Wear blue light blocking glasses when looking at screens. Save your vision, & your brain.

[rubenrivera]

"We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device"

- Hotel California by The Eagles

[After]

can you guys please remeasure the malinois bite force? I know that was a long time ago but I’m pretty sure the bite force is going to be around 200.please I really want you guys to do this