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Digital Media and Developing Brains: Concerns and Opportunities

Hutton, John S.
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Piotrowski, Jessica Taylor
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Bagot, Kara
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Blumberg, Fran
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Canli, Turhan
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Chein, Jason
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Christakis, Dimitri A.
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Grafman, Jordan
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Griffin, James A.
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Hummer, Tom
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2024-03-04
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Psychology and Neuroscience
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Internet addiction
 Pornography
 Screen time
 Social media
 Video games
 Youth
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-024-00545-3
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Purpose of Review The incorporation of digital technologies and their use in youth’s everyday lives has been increasing rapidly over the past several decades with possible impacts on youth development and mental health. This narrative review aimed to consider how the use of digital technologies may be influencing brain development underlying adaptive and maladaptive screen-related behaviors. Recent Findings To explore and provide direction for further scientific inquiry, an international group of experts considered what is known, important gaps in knowledge, and how a research agenda might be pursued regarding relationships between screen media activity and neurodevelopment from infancy through childhood and adolescence. While an understanding of brain-behavior relationships involving screen media activity has been emerging, significant gaps exist that have important implications for the health of developing youth. Summary Specific considerations regarding brain-behavior relationships involving screen media activity exist for infancy, toddlerhood, and early childhood; middle childhood; and adolescence. Transdiagnostic frameworks may provide a foundation for guiding future research efforts. Translating knowledge gained into better interventions and policy to promote healthy development is important in a rapidly changing digital technology environment.
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Hutton, J.S., Piotrowski, J.T., Bagot, K. et al. Digital Media and Developing Brains: Concerns and Opportunities. Curr Addict Rep 11, 287–298 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-024-00545-3
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Springer Science and Business Media
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Current Addiction Reports, Vol. 11, Iss. 2
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