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Touchscreen Use Causes Sleep Disorder In Infants by Nobody: 10:36pm On Apr 15, 2017
Today’s infants are among the first to grow up surrounded by touchscreen devices from birth. These Kids, however, are likely to lose 15 minutes of sleep for every hour of tablet use, says a new study.

According to a new study published by the journal Nature: “Traditional screen time (e.g. TV and videogaming) has been linked to sleep problems and poorer developmental outcomes in children. With the advent of portable touchscreen devices, this association may be extending down in age to disrupt the sleep of infants and toddlers, an age when sleep is essential for cognitive development.”

The study, conducted by researchers at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at the University of London, surveyed children between 6-
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