Research Shows Toddlers Who Use Touch Screens Sleep Less
According to a new study by researchers at Birbeck University of London, toddlers between 6 and 11 months who play with smartphones or tablets get slightly less sleep than those who don’t, BBC reports (via Engadget). The study involving 715 parents found that every hour of touchscreen use results in 15.6 minutes less of sleep on average, meaning...
Increasing Use of Smartphone Touchscreens is Altering Brain Activity, Shows Study
According to a new study carried out by researchers from the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich in Switzerland, the more a person uses a smartphone touchscreen, the more the brain activity associated with the thumb tip surges, whether or not that thumb was using a touchscreen or not. According to CBC News, the study specifically analyzed...