The results of the current research indicate that a longer reading time goes hand in hand with higher connectivity of additional areas related to learning and reading. In other words, the more time children spend reading books, the more coordinated the word reading area is with other brain areas involved in the learning and reading process. The longer the screen exposure time, the more active the word identification area is and the less active the learning and reading areas are. Watching a movie is not the same as reading a book. Is excessive screen time causing "degeneration" of brain areas that were developed during evolution to enable us to read? We still do not understand the long-term consequences of frequent screen time. This question is extremely important to brain researchers all over the world. We know that screen time is increasing worldwide, and that the percentage of children having trouble learning due to attention and concentration difficulties or dyslexia is also rising. But it is still unclear whether these two things are connected.

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