In this longitudinal study, cumulative average screen viewing time was associated with lower academic performance but not working memory, with the strongest effect sizes seen for single screen viewing time occurring in early infancy.
Cumulative average exposure models showed that screen viewing time over childhood was consistently associated with poorer academic performance but not working memory.
BartShoot•42m ago
I guess that's hard to measure, higher screen time could be correlated with less caregiving from parents - screen will not teach them.
trescenzi•14m ago
Yea I’d love to see what they attempted to control for. I can’t imagine it’s possible to begin to draw a causal link.
phartenfeller•19m ago
Interesting. I have bad hopes for the data on children growing up with AI, which makes it easy to never apply critical thinking and finding own solutions.
magicalhippo•18m ago
An average of two hours of screen time at age 1 seems insane to me. Should be measured in seconds as far as I'm concerned.
Though I admit I'm privileged by living in Norway and don't have to work crazy hours to make ends meet.
Markoff•48m ago
Cumulative average exposure models showed that screen viewing time over childhood was consistently associated with poorer academic performance but not working memory.