“Digital Natives” Have Lower IQs Than Their Parents

The use of digital devices would seriously affect the neural development of children and young people, to the point that his IQ is lower than that of their parents.

This is how sharp is the thesis that Michel Desmurget puts forward in his latest book “The digital cretin factory“According to the expert, there are several factors that affect the lowering of the IQ, although it is not yet possible to determine which affects more than another.

One of them is exposure from an early age to digital devices, which according to Desmuget is decreasing “the quality and quantity of intra-family interactions, which are essential for language development and emotional development; decrease in the time devoted to other more enriching activities (homework, music, art, reading, etc.) “.

Michel Desmurget – BBC

In addition, according to the scientist BBC, would also cause a “sleep disruption, which is quantitatively shortened and qualitatively degraded; overstimulation of attention, which causes disorders of concentration, learning and impulsivity; Intellectual under-stimulation, which prevents the brain from unfolding its full potential; and an excessive sedentary lifestyle that, in addition to body development, influences brain maturation “.

“Time spent in front of a screen for recreational reasons has been observed to delay anatomical and functional maturation of the brain within various related cognitive networks with language and attention. And when a screen is put in the hands of a child or a teenager, the most impoverishing recreational uses almost always prevail, “he closed.