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These are the sorts of "research" which severely undermines trust in research in general. Anyone who has children or who works with children knows that screen t
by pkphilip 3y ago
These are the sorts of "research" which severely undermines trust in research in general. Anyone who has children or who works with children knows that screen time adversely affects ability to focus, attention spans etc.
- Jensson 3y agoStarving your kids makes them appreciate food more, but that doesn't mean that starvation is good for them.
- jstarfish 3y agoResearch used to say cigarettes were healthy and having a cellphone glued to your head didn't have any adverse effects either. "No evidence screen time is negative for child cognitive development?" Really? > analysed the cognitive function of 9-12 year old children alongside their self-reported screen time use > no evidence was found to show that screen time impacted their brain function or well-being Oh, I'm sure screen-time lights up all sorts of areas of the brain. Stimulation is the point. The test passes because they redefined the problem itself. And if I'm reading the abstract correctly, the test only ran for 2 years. How'd they measure well-being? Because every other day there's articles published about how miserable all the kids are and how corrosive social media has been for their mental health.