Digital media and developing brains: concerns and opportunities

Hutton, JS, Taylor Piotrowski, J, Bagot, K, Blumberg, F, Canli, T, Chein, J, Christakis, DA, Grafman, J, Griffin, JA, Hummer, T, Kuss, DJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8917-782X, Lerner, M, Marcovitch, S, Paulus, MP, Perlman, G, Romeo, R, Thomason, ME, Turel, O, Weinstein, A, West, G, Hurst-Della Pietra, P and Potenza, MN, 2024. Digital media and developing brains: concerns and opportunities. Current Addiction Reports. ISSN 2196-2952

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Current Addiction Reports
Creators:	Hutton, J.S., Taylor Piotrowski, J., Bagot, K., Blumberg, F., Canli, T., Chein, J., Christakis, D.A., Grafman, J., Griffin, J.A., Hummer, T., Kuss, D.J., Lerner, M., Marcovitch, S., Paulus, M.P., Perlman, G., Romeo, R., Thomason, M.E., Turel, O., Weinstein, A., West, G., Hurst-Della Pietra, P. and Potenza, M.N.
Publisher:	Springer
Date:	4 March 2024
ISSN:	2196-2952
Identifiers:	Number Type 1854724 Other
Rights:	This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	12 Mar 2024 15:36
Last Modified:	12 Mar 2024 15:36
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51059

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