New government research indicates that increased screen time may be linked to poorer vocabulary development in toddlers.

Screen time use by infants, toddlers and preschoolers has exploded over the last decade, concerning experts about the impact of television, tablets and smartphones on these critical years of rapid ...

New research from Singapore tracked 168 children for over 10 years and found that babies exposed to high levels of screen ...

High levels of screen time before age 2 years were linked to slower decision-making and increased anxiety in teenage years, ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

By making modest adjustments to promote attention at home and at school, we can strengthen our ability to concentrate.

Physical fitness, physical activity and screen time are associated with brain mechanisms underlying mental health and learning, according to two recent studies from the University of Eastern Finland ...

The study, published in The Lancet’s eBioMedicine open access journal, tracked 168 children for more than a decade and conducted brain scans on them at three time points.

A toddler plays with an iPad as her mother pushes her in a stroller. The child ignores her surroundings, mesmerized by the device. A preteen plays Fortnite with his online friends. Most of these ...

Children exposed to high levels of screen time before age 2 showed changes in brain development that were linked to slower decision-making and increased anxiety by their teenage years, according to ...