The social skills of students who use digital media may be declining, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Read more
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Removing smartphones and gadgets from children for just a few days immediately improves their social skills, a study has found.
Young people feel socially supported by having large networks of on-line friends they may never see. Read more
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Our mission is to study children, teens, and adults’ interaction with the newer forms of interactive digital media and to see how these interactions both affect and reflect offline lives, ecological conditions, and long-term development.
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Patricia M. Greenfield
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, UCLA
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Yalda T. Uhls, Ph.D.
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Assistant adjunct prof. at UCLA