Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

How VR and AI could help the next generation grow kinder and more connected

  • Written by Ekaterina Muravevskaia, Assistant Professor of Human-Centered Computing, Indiana University
How VR and AI could help the next generation grow kinder and more connectedTechnology can be isolating, but it can also help kids learn emotional connection.Dusan Stankovic/E+ via Getty Images

Empathy is not just a “nice-to-have” soft skill – it is a foundation of how children and adults regulate emotions, build friendships and learn from one another.

Between the ages of 6 and 9, children begin shifting...

Read more: How VR and AI could help the next generation grow kinder and more connected

More Articles ...

  1. Venezuela and US edge toward war footing − but domestic concerns, international risks may hold Washington back
  2. Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food
  3. Why a quick compromise to the first government shutdown in nearly 7 years seems unlikely
  4. Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human
  5. Many book bans could be judging titles mainly by their covers
  6. Violent acts in houses of worship are rare but deadly – here’s what the data shows
  7. Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water
  8. Conventional anti-corruption tools often fail to address root causes – but loss of US leadership could still spell trouble for efforts abroad
  9. Many US states are rethinking how students use cellphones − but digital tech still has a place in the classroom
  10. From ‘Frankenstein’ to ‘Dracula,’ exploring the dark world of death and the undead offers a reminder of our mortality
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more