Hayley Heckler Mrs. Erwin Honors 10th Grade English 21 March 2024 Rough Draft
In the novel Fahrenheit 451, children are raised in a society that relies strictly on media and cell phones. This directly affects them psychologically and causes them to lose touch with themselves. In today’s society, children are using media and cell phones more and more at a younger age. Overuse at such a young age may be harmful to the brain. This begs the question: how does growing up in a media-reliant society affect younger generations? In today’s society, overuse of media has been linked to attention deficit disorder (ADD). Dimitri A. Chrisakis is an accomplished writer who works as a pediatrician and professor. He works as a principal investigator, his research …show more content…
He writes, “In a large observational study, we found that increased television viewing before the age of 3 was associated with increased risk of attentional problems at school age” (Chrisakis 4). At such a young age, the mind will adapt to the new things around it. So watching such a fast paced TV show leads to the mind craving the amount of dopamine it gets from the show. It proves that fast paced shows build up a “dopamine tolerance” which causes the brain to need more dopamine. Starting a habit like this at a young age causes children to not have focus on other things in life. More and more children each year are diagnosed with ADHD at a young age. In reality, children wouldn’t be truly diagnosed if they didn’t watch TV and use their phones so much, especially at such a young age. Julian S. Benedikt Ramirez is a talented writer who graduated from the University of Minnesota where he studied in the Child Mind Institute department. In addition, he studied at Oregon Health and Science University. His team conducted a study where mice were placed in a cage for 42 days. Scientists had colored lights on all four walls surrounding the mice, as well as audio played at 70 dB. In their results, they
In the novel Fahrenheit 451, children are raised in a society that relies strictly on media and cell phones. This directly affects them psychologically and causes them to lose touch with themselves. In today’s society, children are using media and cell phones more and more at a younger age. Overuse at such a young age may be harmful to the brain. This begs the question: how does growing up in a media-reliant society affect younger generations? In today’s society, overuse of media has been linked to attention deficit disorder (ADD). Dimitri A. Chrisakis is an accomplished writer who works as a pediatrician and professor. He works as a principal investigator, his research …show more content…
He writes, “In a large observational study, we found that increased television viewing before the age of 3 was associated with increased risk of attentional problems at school age” (Chrisakis 4). At such a young age, the mind will adapt to the new things around it. So watching such a fast paced TV show leads to the mind craving the amount of dopamine it gets from the show. It proves that fast paced shows build up a “dopamine tolerance” which causes the brain to need more dopamine. Starting a habit like this at a young age causes children to not have focus on other things in life. More and more children each year are diagnosed with ADHD at a young age. In reality, children wouldn’t be truly diagnosed if they didn’t watch TV and use their phones so much, especially at such a young age. Julian S. Benedikt Ramirez is a talented writer who graduated from the University of Minnesota where he studied in the Child Mind Institute department. In addition, he studied at Oregon Health and Science University. His team conducted a study where mice were placed in a cage for 42 days. Scientists had colored lights on all four walls surrounding the mice, as well as audio played at 70 dB. In their results, they