Endangered Minds

Jane M. Healey, PhD

Is today's fast-paced media culture creating a toxic environment for our children's brains?
Jane M. Healy, Ph.D, examines how television, video games, and other components of popular culture compromise our children's ability to concentrate and to absorb and analyse information. Drawing on neuropsychological research and an analysis of current educational practices, Healy presents in clear, understandable language:

• How growing brains are physically shaped by experience
• Why television programmes develop ‘habits of mind' that place children at a disadvantage at school
• Why increasing numbers of children are diagnosed with attention deficit disorder
• How parents and teachers can make a critical difference by making children good learners from the day they are born

This is knowledge that everyone dealing with teaching children should have. Highly recommended.