NEUROLOGIST WARNS THAT PLAYING OF COMPUTER GAMES FOR TOO LONG AFFECTS CHILDS MIND

Millions of children's brains could be left damaged by computer games a leading scientist has warned. Neurologist Baroness Greenfield said yesterday that spending time playing computer games and browsing internet sites such as Facebook could lead to temporary 'dementia'. She told attendees at a Dorset conference that an unhealthy addiction to technology could disable connections in the brain, literally 'blowing the mind.' With children spending around 2,000 hours a year staring at computer screens the health effects have been widely debated.