Dr. Richard Cytowic

and what is remarkable is that unlike developmental autism if you take the screens away these symptoms reverse and these have been shown that you know kids have been who have been shipped away to camp where there's no screens of any kind and after just five days all of a sudden they start talking to one another and interacting socially

and what is remarkable is that unlike developmental autism if you take the screens away these symptoms reverse and these have been shown that you know kids have been who have been shipped away to camp where there's no screens of any kind and after just five days all of a sudden they start talking to one another and interacting socially

so i mean i've seen this firsthand my nephew had a birthday party and a friend of his his son was there and he's playing with with his games and he has a battery pack because obviously he's gaming a great deal of time and the mother says say hello to richard he said i did um so you all you get is grunts you get if you get if you get any reaction at all the best you get is grunts you don't get any kind of human interaction

so i mean i've seen this firsthand my nephew had a birthday party and a friend of his his son was there and he's playing with with his games and he has a battery pack because obviously he's gaming a great deal of time and the mother says say hello to richard he said i did um so you all you get is grunts you get if you get if you get any reaction at all the best you get is grunts you don't get any kind of human interaction

so i mean i've seen this firsthand my nephew had a birthday party and a friend of his his son was there and he's playing with with his games and he has a battery pack because obviously he's gaming a great deal of time and the mother says say hello to richard he said i did um so you all you get is grunts you get if you get if you get any reaction at all the best you get is grunts you don't get any kind of human interaction

So that's what I see as one of the biggest kinds of things. And then some parents think that the iPad is marvelous because their kids are interacting with it and it keeps them quiet. And so mommy doesn't have to worry about it and all that. But the iPad is the worst babysitter of all time.

So that's what I see as one of the biggest kinds of things. And then some parents think that the iPad is marvelous because their kids are interacting with it and it keeps them quiet. And so mommy doesn't have to worry about it and all that. But the iPad is the worst babysitter of all time.

So that's what I see as one of the biggest kinds of things. And then some parents think that the iPad is marvelous because their kids are interacting with it and it keeps them quiet. And so mommy doesn't have to worry about it and all that. But the iPad is the worst babysitter of all time.

And to put it in front of a child, in front of an infant or a toddler is, I think, a form of child abuse because what you're doing is you're blocking the developing central vision that they would normally be experiencing in the real world by crawling around and putting everything in their mouth and having a visual apprenticeship with the world.

And to put it in front of a child, in front of an infant or a toddler is, I think, a form of child abuse because what you're doing is you're blocking the developing central vision that they would normally be experiencing in the real world by crawling around and putting everything in their mouth and having a visual apprenticeship with the world.

And to put it in front of a child, in front of an infant or a toddler is, I think, a form of child abuse because what you're doing is you're blocking the developing central vision that they would normally be experiencing in the real world by crawling around and putting everything in their mouth and having a visual apprenticeship with the world.

And you're blocking it and replacing it with mediated screen images. And by mediated, I mean artificial ones. So iPad characters, as cartoonish or wonderful as they may be, they don't talk to children, they talk at them. And that's not the same thing as an adult talking to them in full sentences and engaging them one-on-one. To an infant, nothing is more fascinating than a human face.

And you're blocking it and replacing it with mediated screen images. And by mediated, I mean artificial ones. So iPad characters, as cartoonish or wonderful as they may be, they don't talk to children, they talk at them. And that's not the same thing as an adult talking to them in full sentences and engaging them one-on-one. To an infant, nothing is more fascinating than a human face.

And you're blocking it and replacing it with mediated screen images. And by mediated, I mean artificial ones. So iPad characters, as cartoonish or wonderful as they may be, they don't talk to children, they talk at them. And that's not the same thing as an adult talking to them in full sentences and engaging them one-on-one. To an infant, nothing is more fascinating than a human face.

Every parent knows this. Their eyes lock on it. And they do not lock on an iPad in the same way. And don't forget that the brain is undergoing a huge amount of transformation in the first three years of life. And then again, around puberty, there's an enormous reconfiguration. Just as the body changes, the brain is changing in the same way, but we never think about it that way.

Every parent knows this. Their eyes lock on it. And they do not lock on an iPad in the same way. And don't forget that the brain is undergoing a huge amount of transformation in the first three years of life. And then again, around puberty, there's an enormous reconfiguration. Just as the body changes, the brain is changing in the same way, but we never think about it that way.

Every parent knows this. Their eyes lock on it. And they do not lock on an iPad in the same way. And don't forget that the brain is undergoing a huge amount of transformation in the first three years of life. And then again, around puberty, there's an enormous reconfiguration. Just as the body changes, the brain is changing in the same way, but we never think about it that way.

And it doesn't stop until about age 25. So putting these artificial devices in front of people, I think does real harm.

And it doesn't stop until about age 25. So putting these artificial devices in front of people, I think does real harm.

And it doesn't stop until about age 25. So putting these artificial devices in front of people, I think does real harm.