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Lecturer in Education, Australian Catholic University | Health and Physical Education | Autonomy-Supportive Instruction

Sydney, New South Wales
Joined July 2022
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Trending in #Neurosciences: ooir.org/index.php?field=Bio… 1) Sleep loss & dopamine (@NeuroCellPress) 2) Control of feeding behavior via hippocampal signaling (@NeuroCellPress) 3) Backward masking in mice requires visual cortex (@NatureNeuro) 4) Detection of neuron-derived cfDNA in blood plasma (@FrontNeurol) 5) Youths’ interactions with electronic screens (@NatureHumBehav)
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The time that children and adolescents spend interacting with screens is associated with both benefits and risks to education and health, but these effects are small, according to a review of 102 meta-analyses published in @NatureHumBehav. go.nature.com/3QLc3ki
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Jamie Sherson retweeted
New research has found parents can relax a bit about the amount of screen time their kids are getting, as its effects on children aren't as harmful as previously thought.
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A major study of screen use found it’s not the screen itself that really matters, but what’s on it and the way kids use it. As @tarensanders + colleagues (@ACUmedia, @UQ_News) found, TV can be educational – but social media likely harms mental health. theconversation.com/tv-can-b…
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1.9 million kids, 2500 primary studies, 102 meta-analysis, and now 1 umbrella review! We find that screen time is a complex issue. Effect sizes are usually small, and content seems to matter most.
Screen time is linked to small differences in education and health outcomes among young people, according to an umbrella review of meta-analyses published today, from @TarenSanders, @lonsdale_c, @ACUmedia nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
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