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Many reasons to take a break from the screen

It has long been a contention that modern life is creating a new type of human being, one whose altered brain circuitry will cause them to think and act differently from our ancestors.

In 2006 Baroness Susan Greenfield, a leading neuroscientist, warned that the computer culture would change the way the brain processes information and sets it in context. She compared allowing people unfettered access to eye-to-screen technology with giving them car keys without teaching them to drive.

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