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The rush to computerise Britain's classrooms could backfire, as new research suggests computers are stunting children's intelligence and social skills - and may be damaging their health.
Some experts even suggest that computers may be inappropriate educational tools for children, killing the very creativity the computer industry needs.
Their findings, obtained by The Observer, show that children find it harder and less interesting to learn from a screen than from paper, and that pupils in schools over-reliant on information technology risk falling behind.
The US study suggests that young readers found words on paper more persuasive and easier to absorb than the same material scanned into a computer.
Karen Murphy, an educational psychologist at Ohio State University and one of the authors of the report, said the study cast serious doubt on whether computers were appropriate for the young: 'We were surprised to find that children found paper texts easier to understand and more convincing.'
Her comments come as an international group of educational experts and child psychologists are calling for a moratorium on the further introduction of computers in primary schools because of the long-term damage they cause to 'physical, emotional and intellectual development'.