Study links excessive infant screen time to altered brain development and teen anxiety

New research from Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) reveals that children with greater screen time exposure before age two exhibited alterations in brain development associated with delayed decision-making and elevated anxiety during adolescence, heightening worries over early digital media use. The research indicated that increased screen time in very young children correlated with “accelerated maturation of brain networks” involved in vision an