Friday, 14 January 2011

Miles O'Brien: Is technology rewiring teens' brains?

Miles O'Brien has produced a cool piece for PBS News Hour about "what could be happening to teenagers' brains as they develop in a rapid-fire, multitasking world of technology and gadgets."

The PBS correspondent is best known from his many years as space and science reporter with CNN—he has also appeared on a few BBTV episodes (1, 2, 3).

This News Hour segment is informative, but the companion chat with his kids is a sober counter-point to the hysteria of "video games/texting/IM/the internet is destroying our minds." Suck it, tech-haters.

Watch video:
Is Technology Wiring Teens to Have Better Brains? (PBS News Hour)
Miles O'Brien: Teen Brains on Technology (a chat with News Hour host Hari Sreenivasan)

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