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The fast pace of modern technology such as video games, TV shows and social networking sites could be re-wiring our children's brains, says Oxford University neuroscientist Susan Greenfield. These various types of media could be forcing their brains to revert to an infantile state, requiring constant stimulation.

"Electronic devices have an impact on the micro- cellular structure and complex biochemistry of our brains. And that, in turn, affects our personality, our behaviour and our characteristics. In short, the modern world could well be altering our human identity," says Dr. Greenfield.  She goes on to say, "My fear is that these technologies are infantilising the brain into the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights, who have a small attention span and who live for the moment. We could be raising a hedonistic generation who live only in the thrill of the computer-generated moment, and are in distinct danger of detaching themselves from what the rest of us would consider the real world."

To learn more about Dr. Greenfield's beliefs, read her interview with the UK's Daily Mail Online.