Modern Brain Journal

Most parents worry about the harmful effects of too much screen time on sleep, attention, and processing speed. But a new study has specifically pinpointed the value of removing screen time in the hour before bed to help toddlers improve the quality of their sleep. The Research Research teams from several UK-based colleges and universities worked together on a world-first randomized controlled trial of toddler screen time....

Removing Screen Time An Hour Before Bed Improves Toddler Sleep | Most parents worry about the harmful effects of too much screen time on sleep, attention, and processing speed. But a new study has specifically pinpointed the value of removing screen time in the hour before bed to help toddlers improve the quality of their sleep. The Research Research teams from s...

As parents, we’ve probably all struggled with getting our kids to pay attention to the task at hand. But a new study indicates that this “distributed attention” may have nothing to do with an inability to understand the task or focus. Instead, the new research indicates that children may distribute their attention broadly out of curiosity or because their working memory isn’t developed enough to finish the task without “over exploring.”...

Kids’ Attention Struggles May Be Due to Undeveloped Working Memory | As parents, we’ve probably all struggled with getting our kids to pay attention to the task at hand. But a new study indicates that this “distributed attention” may have nothing to do with an inability to understand the task or focus. Instead, the new research indicates that children may distr...