John S Hutton, Jessica Taylor Piotrowski, Kara Bagot, Fran Blumberg, Turhan Canli, Jason Chein, Dimitri A Christakis, Jordan Grafman, James A Griffin, Tom Hummer, Daria J Kuss, Matthew Lerner, Stuart Marcovitch, Martin P Paulus, Greg Perlman, Rachel Romeo, Moriah E Thomason, Ofir Turel, Aviv Weinstein, Gregory West, Pamela Hurst-Della Pietra, Marc N Potenza
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...
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