Too Much Screen Time = Shorter Attention Span
Format:
Website
Publication Date:
2013/03/21/
Sources ID:
116865
Collection:
Technology and Attention
Visibility:
Public (group default)
Abstract:
(Show)
... ... Christine Smigel
... ... One of the downsides of the digital age is that we spend a lot more time staring at the screen on one electronic device or another. In many cases, too much time. Some of us remember life before the LCD screen, but our children don’t. It’s the only world they’ve ever known. What effects might that be having on them? ... In order to find out, a team of students in Assistant Professor of Health Science Marj Droppa’s Behavior Change class conducted a study involving second graders at Keene’s Wheelock Elementary School. Their goal was not only to discover...