Last week a large group of our IB students went to the Oxford Playhouse to listen to renowned neuroscientist
and former director of the Royal Institute, Baroness Susan Greenfield, talk
about how digital technologies are having an unprecedented effect on our lives,
thoughts and feelings.
The
talk, part of the Oxfordshire Science Festival, referenced child
development and how brains, young and old, are being forced to adapt to new ways
of living; it explored the potential positive and negative changes the digital
world is having on our brains and how to minimise the threats and harness the
opportunities for life in the 21st century.
Dr
George Speller, St. Clare's Head of Biology, said: "With the increasing use of
laptops, smart phones and tablets for learning, this talk provided much food for
thought, especially for our first year biologists who have recently been
studying the nervous system."