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UK Scientists See Little Evidence for Claims Smartphones Are Rewiring Kids' Brains

UK Scientists See Little Evidence for Claims Smartphones Are Rewiring Kids' Brains
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UK's Members of Parliament (MP) were "looking for proof that smartphones and social media are rotting children's brains," writes The Register — but they got "a less satisfying answer from neuroscientists on Wednesday: nobody can really prove it." Appearing before the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee this week, three researchers spent much of the session explaining that concern and evidence are not quite the same thing. Asked what evidence exists on the impact of digital devices on

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