No Clear Link Between Screen Time and Brain Development in Kids
New research published in the journal Cortex shows that there is no clear evidence linking screen time to negative effects on cognition or mental health in children.
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Douglas Heingartner, the editor of SuchScience, is a journalist based in Amsterdam. He has written about science, technology, and more for publications including The New York Times, The Economist, Wired, the BBC, The Washington Post, New Scientist, The Associated Press, IEEE Spectrum, Quartz, The Village Voice, The Los Angeles Times, Frieze, and others. His Google Scholar profile is here, his LinkedIn profile is here, and his Muck Rack profile is here.
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