Monday, 11 May 2015

Here's What Just a Few Days Without Electronic Devices Did For Children Reading Human Emotion

"'Many people are looking at the benefits of digital media in education, and not many are looking at the costs,' said Patricia Greenfield, a distinguished professor of psychology in the UCLA College and senior author of the study. 'Decreased sensitivity to emotional cues -- losing the ability to understand the emotions of other people -- is one of the costs. The displacement of in-person social interaction by screen interaction seems to be reducing social skills.'"

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