Title:
Glow kids : how screen addiction is hijacking our kids--and how to break the trance / Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D.
Author:
Kardaras, Nicholas, 1964- author.
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Press, [2016]
Call Number:
RJ506.I58 K37 2016
Abstract:
"In Glow Kids, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology-- more specifically, age-inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity-- has profoundly affected the brains of an entire generation. Brain imaging research is showing that stimulating glowing screens are as dopaminergic (dopamine activating) to the brain's pleasure center as sex. And a growing mountain of clinical research correlates screen tech with disorders like ADHD, addiction, anxiety, depression, increased aggression, and even psychosis. Most shocking of all, recent brain imaging studies conclusively show that excessive screen exposure can neurologically damage a young person's developing brain in the same way that cocaine addiction can"-- Amazon.com.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781250097996
Physical Description:
viii, 278 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
The trouble with tech -- Invasion of the glow kids -- Brave new e-world -- Digital drugs and the brain -- Interview with Dr. Doan : neuroscientist and recovering video gamer -- The big disconnect : texting and social media -- Clinical disorders and the glow kids effect -- Monkey see, monkey do : mass media effects -- Video games and aggression : the research -- Ripped from the headlines : real cases of video game-influenced violence -- The Newtown massacre : video game psychosis -- Etan Patz and the end of innocence -- and outdoor play -- Follow the money : screens and the educational industrial complex -- It's an e-world -- The solution : escaping Plato's e-cave -- Appendix. Does my child have a screen or tech addiction problem?.
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