Time to remove new technology from elementary school
However, when participants chose immediate rewards, parts of their limbic system, which includes the fear and reward-driven parts of the brain, were activated (McClure, et al., 2004). The result is that the more we allow our kids to struggle with activities that require effort and time (rather than the immediately gratifying dopamine rush from a computer), the more they will develop important executive functions mediated by the prefrontal cortex.
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