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Neuroscience expert warns board to weigh harms of student-facing AI and heavy device use
Summary
A neuroscience and digital-wellness presenter told the board that heavy in-school device use and student-facing chatbots are associated with declines in attention, reading scores and youth mental-health indicators and urged the board to set clear goals focused on human connection and critical thinking.
A speaker with a neuroscience and school-wellness background urged the Kansas State Board of Education to question whether student-facing AI and heavy in-class device use are solving real problems — or creating new ones.
Susan Dunaway, who described work on school-based digital wellness, summarized national trends she and others have linked to increased screen saturation: higher rates of adolescent emergency-room visits for…
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