"Dr Jared Cooney Horvath, a former teacher-turned-neuroscientist, revealed that the generation born between 1997 and the early 2010s has been cognitively stunted by their over-reliance on digital technology in school. Since records have been kept on cognitive development in the late 1800s, Gen Z is now officially the first group to ever score lower than the generation before them, declining in attention, memory, reading and math skills, problem-solving abilities, and overall IQ."
"Horvath told the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that Gen Z intelligence dropped despite these teenagers and young adults spending more time in school than children did in the 20th century. The cause, Horvath claimed, is directly tied to the increase in the amount of learning that is now carried out using what he called 'educational technology' or EdTech, which includes computers and tablets."
"'More than half of the time a teenager is awake, half of it is spent staring at a screen,' Horvath told the New York Post. 'Humans are biologically programmed to learn from other humans and from deep study, not flipping through screens for bullet point summaries.' Horvath and other experts speaking to Congress explained that humans evolved to learn best through real human interaction, meaning face-to-face with teachers and peers, not from screens."
Generation Z shows declines in cognitive performance compared with previous generations, including lower attention, memory, reading and math skills, problem-solving, and overall IQ. These declines occur despite increased time spent in school compared with 20th-century children. Researchers link the decline to widespread use of educational technology—computers, tablets, and short digital materials—that replaces deep study and human interaction in learning. Human brains are adapted to learn from face-to-face teaching and extended study, not from short online clips and condensed summaries. Prolonged screen exposure during waking hours disrupts biological processes that build understanding, memory, and focus. Experts argue that the technology itself, not merely poor implementation, underlies the mismatch.
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