Impact of Gadget Use Cognitive Development

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220602.035How to use a DOI?

Keywords

The Impact of Gadgets; Cognitive Development; Early Childhood

Abstract

In the current era, it is a time where technology is growing so that technology users can more easily search for many things, both nationally and internationally, with ease and in a short time. This results in a change in the mindset and behavior of humans. One of the technological tools that influence human behavior is a gadget. Gadget is a technological tool that can be used to find information and communicate. Gadgets not only change the behavior of adults but children as well. Early childhood tends to like new things and interesting games that he can find in gadgets. At this time children spend more time with gadgets which will certainly affect children’s development, especially in children’s cognitive development. Parents must supervise the use of gadgets by children so that the negative impacts caused by gadgets can be avoided. The purpose of this study is to describe the use of gadgets on early childhood cognitive using the literature study method. The literature study uses reference sources, namely articles, journals, and documents that are relevant to the problem to be studied by the researcher. The results of this study are that the gadget facilities provided by parents for early childhood really need close supervision so that the impact of gadgets does not have a negative impact that can hinder children’s cognitive development. So, parents can make gadgets as a fun learning medium for children that can improve their cognitive abilities.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Aisyah Oktavia Siregar
AU  - Yaswinda Yaswinda
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/06/20
TI  - Impact of Gadget Use Cognitive Development
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Early Childhood Education (ICECE-6 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 168
EP  - 172
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220602.035
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220602.035
ID  - Siregar2022
ER  -