{"id":23506,"date":"2026-06-13T11:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/pioneering-uk-nerve-lab-harnesses-ai-to-map-effect-of-childrens-screen-time\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T11:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:37:45","slug":"pioneering-uk-nerve-lab-harnesses-ai-to-map-effect-of-childrens-screen-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/pioneering-uk-nerve-lab-harnesses-ai-to-map-effect-of-childrens-screen-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children\u2019s screen time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Other projects include developing tools to help visually impaired people navigate video games <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Parents are constantly being told to limit their children\u2019s screen time. But when it comes to deciphering which films or TV shows are best suited to developing minds,<strong> <\/strong>the guidance remains largely one-size-fits-all. A relatively slow-paced programme such as Bluey offers a very different viewing experience to a fast-moving action series such as PAW Patrol, yet both are broadly considered suitable for young children.<\/p>\n<p>This challenge is growing as the type of content children are exposed to evolves. \u201cToday\u2019s young viewers are increasingly engaging with short-form, fast-paced, highly captivating content, often created by splicing and rearranging existing episodic content into quickly digestible snippets or compilations,\u201d said Prof Tim Smith, director of University of the Arts London\u2019s Nerve Lab. \u201cThis evolution is not only changing how content is produced and distributed, but may also affect children\u2019s attention, comprehension and emotional response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2026\/jun\/13\/nerve-lab-uk-ai-brain-scanning-tech-childrens-screen-time\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/771af72e4610d0b12aa1a96202ad70538f50959e\/642_0_6827_5464\/master\/6827.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b651a65f69a06e300e51d140a320685e\" title=\"Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children\u2019s screen time\" \/>Other projects include developing tools to help visually impaired people navigate video games <\/p>\n<p>Parents are constantly being told to limit their children\u2019s screen time. But when it comes to deciphering which films or TV shows are best suited to developing minds, the guidance remains largely one-size-fits-all. A relatively slow-paced programme such as Bluey offers a very different viewing experience to a fast-moving action series such as PAW Patrol, yet both are broadly considered suitable for young children.<br \/>\nThis challenge is growing as the type of content children are exposed to evolves. \u201cToday\u2019s young viewers are increasingly engaging with short-form, fast-paced, highly captivating content, often created by splicing and rearranging existing episodic content into quickly digestible snippets or compilations,\u201d said Prof Tim Smith, director of University of the Arts London\u2019s Nerve Lab. \u201cThis evolution is not only changing how content is produced and distributed, but may also affect children\u2019s attention, comprehension and emotional response.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other projects include developing tools to help visually impaired people navigate video games Parents are constantly being told to limit their children\u2019s screen time. But when it comes to deciphering which films or TV shows are best suited to developing minds, the guidance remains largely one-size-fits-all. A relatively slow-paced programme such as Bluey offers a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/pioneering-uk-nerve-lab-harnesses-ai-to-map-effect-of-childrens-screen-time\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children\u2019s screen time<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23506"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}