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Marc | 09:49 UK time, Friday, 22 August 2008

We've followed up the interview we ran last week with the neuroscientist . She raised a number of concerns about the potential impact of computers on the development of children's brains and the capacity for concentrated reading and thinking.

You can listen to an unedited version her interview on the blog.

Thanks for your comments responding to her - our colleagues at also had a huge response for they ran on the subject.

This week on iPM, we have two responses to Professor Greenfield.

Firstly, the philosopher

We also spoke Ben Vickers, a 21-year-old who's recently finished his arts degree and began using computers at a young age. He contacted iPM after hearing Professor Greenfield. This is the unedited version of his interview with Eddie Mair, an cut of it will feature on Saturday's programme.

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