RESHAPING THE GROWING MIND: HOW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CHANGES THE WAYS CHILDREN LEARN LANGUAGE AND WHAT CAN WE DO?
| dc.contributor.author | Vulchanova, Mila | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vulchanov, Valentin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-05T06:13:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-05T06:13:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Digital technologies are dominating our daily lives. From smartphones and tablets to applications and virtual or augmented reality, they provide useful solutions, for e.g., navigating in new environments, learning languages, or acquiring literacy skills, in addition to entertainment. While available technologies may extend our mental capacities, our brains also adapt to those technologies and acquire many of their features (Carr, 2008). Concerns have been raised about the consequences of this digital reality for processing information and acquiring knowledge (Wolf, 2018). Extensive exposure to digital technology may impact specifically strongly young children, due to increased sensitivity to external input and brain plasticity in the first years of life. This then offers the opportunity to harness new technologies for educational purposes and align them with evidence-based and age-appropriate educational goals. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 3033-0181 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.uni-plovdiv.bg/handle/store/695 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Plovdiv University Press | |
| dc.subject | digital technology | |
| dc.subject | child development | |
| dc.subject | language acquisition | |
| dc.title | RESHAPING THE GROWING MIND: HOW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CHANGES THE WAYS CHILDREN LEARN LANGUAGE AND WHAT CAN WE DO? | |
| dc.type | Article |