The Math in Your Feet Blog | Constructing an Understanding of Mathematics
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Scary Thought
I recently read an article in the New York Times about the use/overuse of technology in teenagers to the point that their brains never get a chance to rest. That rest period is crucial to cognitive growth and making connections between ideas, so there's a chance of an entire generation may not be able to access the very human experiences of intuition and instinct, both of which are crucial for creative and divergent thinking. Hmmm...
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