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Professor Eduardo Kausel responds to article in the June 2018 issue of Scientific American

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Professor Eduardo Kausel responds to article in the June 2018 issue of Scientific American
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Professor Emeritus Eduardo Kausel, sheds light on Erik Vance’s article in SCIAM, “Can You Supercharge Your Baby?,” which discusses augmentation of young children’s mental development through modern toys and videos. Kausel argues that games are based on arbitrary rules, which are fun and make sense only if all children collectively abide by these rules. When children play alone on their own digital devices, they are not required to play fair and moreover, they never learn to resolve conflicts with other children. Read more here.