John Hutton
Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center; pediatrician, clinical researcher, and author studying early literacy and screen time effects on brain development.
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Jul 1, 2026
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So there's an adage in brain science is neurons that fire together, wire together.
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And so the more we practice anything, the stronger the circuits are going to get in our brain.
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So if we read a lot, we're going to develop really strong circuits that support reading.
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If we talk to each other a lot, we're going to get better at interacting and our social cues.
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And if we become too dependent too early, then we're just not as incentivized to learn or sort of build up these connections.