How Screens May Overload the Developing Brain: New Review Weighs the Evidence
A new narrative review of 13 studies interprets the links between children's screen exposure and attention, memory, and executive function ...
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Most Tools Measuring Teen Screen Use Focus on Addiction, Not Healthy Engagement
A major scoping review of 533 studies finds that instruments for measuring adolescent digital technology use are fragmented, addiction-focused, rarely ...
When Screen-Time Rules Count Homework, Teens Score Lower in Digital Skills
A study of 98,127 eighth-graders in 28 education systems finds that parental screen-time limits which count schoolwork are associated with ...
Storytime beats screens: toddler brains light up during real parent play
A first-of-its-kind Northwestern EEG study shows toddlers' brains are more engaged during natural play and book reading with parents than ...
Boredom, Not Stress, Drives Daily Smartphone Screen Time, Study Finds
A 14-day study of Chinese college students using objective screen-time data shows boredom directly boosts smartphone use, especially short-video viewing ...
Teens’ Smartphone Habits Diverge Sharply by Identity, Education and House Rules
A national study using passive smartphone sensing found that LGBTQIA+ adolescents, teens with less parental education, and those without parental ...
Children See Smartphones Differently Than Regulators Assume, Study of Young People’s Naive Theories Finds
A new interview-based study finds that children hold distinct everyday and institutional concepts of smartphones, with emotional experience playing a ...
Outdoor Time Protects Young Eyes as Screens and Sleep Loss Drive Myopia Surge
A large cross-sectional study of 8,762 Chinese students found that daily outdoor activity of more than one hour was linked ...
Generation Alpha Shows Higher Social Anxiety Than Gen Z as Early Smartphone Exposure Mounts
A study of 200 young people in Coimbatore, India, finds that Generation Alpha reports significantly higher social interaction anxiety than ...
Sleep May Be the Missing Link Between Heavy Social Media Use and Poor Health in College Students
A George Mason University study of 349 first-year students found that heavier social media use predicted poorer sleep quality six ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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