{"id":24408,"date":"2026-08-16T08:38:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/our-children-are-less-cognitively-capable-says-neuroscientist-who-wants-to-cut-screen-use-in-schools\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T08:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T06:38:39","slug":"our-children-are-less-cognitively-capable-says-neuroscientist-who-wants-to-cut-screen-use-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/our-children-are-less-cognitively-capable-says-neuroscientist-who-wants-to-cut-screen-use-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Our children are less cognitively capable,\u2019 says neuroscientist who wants to cut screen use in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jared Cooney Horvath argues that educational technology undermines how children learn and develop<\/p>\n<p>Jared Cooney Horvath is on a mission. In the wake of global campaigns for smartphone bans in schools and social media restrictions for under-16s, the neuroscientist wants to raise the alarm about educational technology in classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>A former teacher, Horvath believes the use of screens and digital tools in schools is undermining how children learn and develop. \u201cThis might be one of the hardest truths our generation has to face,\u201d he writes in his book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/books\/485741\/the-digital-delusion-by-horvath-dr-jared-cooney\/9781529999372\">The Digital Delusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/2026\/aug\/16\/neuroscientist-screen-use-schools-educational-technology-jared-cooney-horvath\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4c67ae46db415c17cc74f0174775cd5b2e946d72\/0_0_6139_4912\/master\/6139.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=91c5e71e9e3536cfdce54af22a3283cb\" title=\"\u2018Our children are less cognitively capable,\u2019 says neuroscientist who wants to cut screen use in schools\" \/>Jared Cooney Horvath argues that educational technology undermines how children learn and develop<br \/>\nJared Cooney Horvath is on a mission. In the wake of global campaigns for smartphone bans in schools and social media restrictions for under-16s, the neuroscientist wants to raise the alarm about educational technology in classrooms.<br \/>\nA former teacher, Horvath believes the use of screens and digital tools in schools is undermining how children learn and develop. \u201cThis might be one of the hardest truths our generation has to face,\u201d he writes in his book, The Digital Delusion. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jared Cooney Horvath argues that educational technology undermines how children learn and develop Jared Cooney Horvath is on a mission. In the wake of global campaigns for smartphone bans in schools and social media restrictions for under-16s, the neuroscientist wants to raise the alarm about educational technology in classrooms. A former teacher, Horvath believes the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/16\/our-children-are-less-cognitively-capable-says-neuroscientist-who-wants-to-cut-screen-use-in-schools\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Our children are less cognitively capable,\u2019 says neuroscientist who wants to cut screen use in schools<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24409,"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\/24408"}],"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=24408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}