Screens shrink children’s brains | PerthNow

Children glued to the screens continuously have smaller brains.

MRI scans of preschool children show thinner gray substance in areas connected to language, memory and empathy – heavy screen users are behind their reading and attention skills.

Even young children with a three -hour daily screen time may be left behind in vocabulary and preschool ready.

The leading pediatricians fear that the game in the real world is removed from the lives of children in favor of the screens and warned that Tots, who spent seven to eight hours a day, is at risk of tunnel vision and concentration problems.

Hardening of the eye muscles can often cause behavioral problems mixed with hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Sir Cary Cary Cooper, a professor of psychology at the University of Manchester, said: “Children use these devices and do not learn from the interaction, face -to -face, social and non -verbal skills with other people.”