{"id":5845,"date":"2015-02-05T17:10:52","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T22:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=5845"},"modified":"2015-02-05T17:10:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T22:10:52","slug":"tablets-and-smartphones-may-affect-social-and-emotional-development-scientists-speculate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2015\/02\/05\/tablets-and-smartphones-may-affect-social-and-emotional-development-scientists-speculate\/","title":{"rendered":"Tablets and Smartphones May Affect Social and Emotional Development, Scientists Speculate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2015\/02\/05\/tablets-and-smartphones-may-affect-social-and-emotional-development-scientists-speculate\/radesky_j\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5857\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2015\/02\/Radesky_J.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny Radesky\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5857\" \/><\/a>The Guardian<\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmc.org\/findaphysician\/PhysicianProfile.php?id=iZynqKSWmqKdpQ==\">Jenny Radesky<\/a>, MD, pediatrics<\/h4>\n<p>Using a smartphone or iPad to pacify a toddler may impede their ability to learn self-regulation, according to researchers.<\/p>\n<h3>Expert quote:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThese devices may replace the hands-on activities important for the development of sensorimotor and visual-motor skills, which are important for the learning and application of maths and science,\u201d Radesky said.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2015\/feb\/01\/toddler-brains-research-smartphones-damage-social-development\">full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guardian Jenny Radesky, MD, pediatrics Using a smartphone or iPad to pacify a toddler may impede their ability to learn self-regulation, according to researchers. Expert quote: \u201cThese devices may replace the hands-on activities important for the development of sensorimotor and visual-motor skills, which are important for the learning and application of maths and science,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7398,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[126],"tags":[145],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}