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fromTheregister
1 week ago

Infant screen time linked to anxiety, slower cognition

Infant screen exposure before age two correlates with faster visual-cognitive brain specialization, slower decision-making in childhood, and higher adolescent anxiety.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Anxious Generation in Evolutionary Perspective

A book, The Anxious Generation, argues that cellphone use is damaging young people's well-being. Evidence of various kinds shows that cellphone and social-media use often go hand-in-hand with anxiety. Restricting cellphones and social media in schools has quickly become a common practice. This restriction of cellphones in schools represents a huge win for the field of evolutionary psychology.
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