Kids who text and watch TV simultaneously likely to underperform at school
The more time teenagers spend splitting their attention between various devices such as their phones, video games or TV, the lower their test scores in math and English tend to be. More time spent multitasking between different types of media is also associated with greater impulsivity and a poorer working memory in adolescents, says Amy S. Finn of the University of Toronto in a study published in Springer’s journal Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
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