ARTE Documentary: Digital Natives: An Unhealthy Generation? | ARTE Documentary

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Content of the Lesson: Televisions, laptops, tablets and smartphones: The digital revolution has brought screens into our homes, pockets and hands like never before Is all this time spent looking at screens harmful to children? Focus on the latest scientific research on how screen time affects the young generation. Before entering school age, in China and the West, a child will spend up to six hours a day in front of a screen. Consulting paediatricians often notice that toddlers exposed to television, smartphone or tablets exhibit behavioral and learning disorders such as an intolerance to frustration and a rejection of limits, but also a delay in language acquisition. In adolescence, a key period for brain development, digital practices multiply with the massive use of social networks and video games. In addition to the mechanics of the apps that stimulate our reward circuit to make us dependent, doctors also denounce the increase in video game addiction, a disease recognized since 2018 by the World Health Organization. In China, one of the countries most affected by the phenomenon, many parents send their children to specialized detoxification centers which "treat" with military training and meditation sessions this "pathology" . General distrust It takes an average of twenty years of scientific research to demonstrate the effect of a new factor on the human body. Worrying elements are starting to emerge, but screen exposure dates back about ten years in children and adolescents. However, researchers are increasing the number of studies to understand the repercussions, such as this experiment carried out at the Seattle Children's Hospital, which reveals behavioral problems (impulsivity, difficulty concentrating) in young mice exposed to intense animated programs. But in California, a study suggests that in small doses, video games can improve cognitive abilities. In the context of general mistrust of screens, Raphaël Hitier provides an enlightening and nuanced panorama of the latest scientific advances, supported by testimonies from specialists in neuroscience and addictology, psychiatrists such as Frenchman Serge Tisseron, but also young teenage gamers. . Available until the 01/12/2020 ARTE Documentary is here to tell you more about what’s going on in the world of culture and current affairs with powerful, refreshing and entertaining docs subtitled in English for our international fans. Discover a whole world on ARTE. 💡 Feel like watching our programmes subtitled in another language? ARTE in English 👉 https://www.arte.tv/en/ ARTE en español 👉 https://www.arte.tv/es/ ARTE in italiano 👉 https://www.arte.tv/it/ ARTE po polsku 👉https://www.arte.tv/pl/ Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVogAsASqbceBmQMi1WA39g You can also find us on: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ARTE.tv Twitter: https://twitter.com/ARTEen #digitalrevolution #smartphones #videogameaddiction


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