The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood
theatlantic.com
By a variety of measures and in a variety of countries, the members of Generation Z (born in and after 1996) are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harm, and related disorders at levels higher than any other generation for which we have data.
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Environmental factors (screen time) while a child's sensory apparatus is not fully developed has been linked to development of ADHD and Autism.
https://www.earth.com/news/toddler-screen-time-linked-to-atypical-sensory-behaviors/
"Linked" is a stretch. From that article (which is about <2 yo btw) it is talking about a mere correlation of a behaviour which might (they don't know) exacerbate ADHD or Autistic people. If I understood it correctly, It's also a study based on self-reporting from caretakers
I'm sorry, was that a refutation?
Is this better or worse than other forms of self-reporting?
As cool as technologies like fMRI are, we have not reached any meaningful degree of objectivity in most psychological/neurological pursuits.