Can Suboptimal Visual Environments Negatively Affect Children’s Cognitive Development?

There are indications that children born during the period of COVID-19 lockdown have cognitive development issues, without having been affected by the virus. We discuss here the idea that environmental deprivation—and, especially, the lack of appropriate visual stimulation—might be one source of the...

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Published in:Challenges (Basel) 2021-11, Vol.12 (2), p.28
Main Authors: Lavdas, Alexandros, Salingaros, Nikos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
artificial intelligence
biophilia
Blindness
Brain research
Children
Cognitive ability
Cognitive development
complexity
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Criminal investigations
Deprivation
Evidence
Experiments
Intelligence
Licenses
Medical research
Orphanages
Pandemics
Stimulation
Trout
Visual stimuli
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Summary:There are indications that children born during the period of COVID-19 lockdown have cognitive development issues, without having been affected by the virus. We discuss here the idea that environmental deprivation—and, especially, the lack of appropriate visual stimulation—might be one source of these defects. This thought is in line with previous findings in children brought up in orphanages with poor environmental stimulation, hypothesizing that the minimalist architectural style prevailing for the last several decades is among the potential contributing factors. The process of eliminating organized complexity characteristic of organic forms may prove to be detrimental for humanity’s future, providing suboptimal environmental stimulation and opportunities for interaction during the critical stages of brain development.
ISSN:2078-1547
2078-1547
DOI:10.3390/challe12020028