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Understanding iPad Kids
Abbas, Sara Dasondi, Manav Mulbah, Tamai Stebbins, Jam Meux, Maya
Abbas, Sara
Dasondi, Manav
Mulbah, Tamai
Stebbins, Jam
Meux, Maya
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2024-05-20
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Psychology and Neuroscience
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There is an emerging trend among young people today – in the corners of restaurants, the seats of airport gates, and the homes of families, a dim blue light shining on the faces of “iPad kids”. The term “iPad kids” has been used to describe a new generation of mobile device users, most of whom use tablets or iPads over other devices such as laptops. These children are often seen in public with their eyes glazed over and glued to the screen of their mobile devices. The internet, once an exciting break from reality confined to a personal computer in the family room, has slowly escaped and found its way into the hands of individuals. Prolonged internet usage has been associated with sleep disturbance, anxiety, depression, and attention deficit disorder in adults [1, 2]. However, since mobile device usage of this magnitude is unprecedented among children, the effects of extended screen time on neurodevelopment and behavior are not well known. The question then is: why and how do kids use these mobile devices, and what exactly are the implications of extended screen time on children and their cognitive and social development?
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Abbas, Sara||Dasondi, Manav||Mulbah, Tamai||Stebbins, Jam||Meux, Maya||Holmqvist, Sophia. (2024). Understanding iPad Kids. Grey Matters, 7, 35-37.
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Available at: https://greymatterstu.squarespace.com/fcspring24/understanding-ipad-kids
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Grey Matters, Iss. 7, Spring 2024
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