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Researchers in Finland tracked children's screen time for eight years, expecting to document the damage. The children who spent more hours on screens showed better cognitive processing as teenagers — a result that ran directly against the assumption the s - Space Daily

Published by Space Daily 20 August 2026 at 04:44
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Researchers in Finland tracked children's screen time for eight years, expecting to document the damage. The children who spent more hours on screens showed better cognitive processing as teenagers — a result that ran directly against the assumption the s - Space Daily
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A decade-long study designed to prove screens damage children's brains found the opposite instead, challenging one of parenting's most cherished anxieties.

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