Digitization replaces cognitive functions. Analysis of the impact of digitization on cognitive functions. The problem of delegating complex intellectual tasks to gadgets. The impact of digitization on the cognitive mechanisms of schoolchildren is not well understood, but the need for this research is relevant. The processes of digitization both in everyday life and in education lead to the formation of «video thinking». The impact of digitization on learning is a decline in cognitive ability in general with memory particularly affected. Digitization affects the cognitive characteristics of schoolchildren which are potentially important for effective learning. Cognitive functions can be transformed or compensated by special technological training of these functions.

Child cognitive development in the digital age