Study says video games can sap attention span

Published 5:00 am Friday, July 16, 2010

A new study published in the August issue of Pediatrics found video games were linked with attention problems in kids.

The findings were based on assessments of more than 1,300 kids in grades three to five as well as self-reports from more than 200 college students. The kids who had more than two hours a day of screen time, including video games, were up to two times more likely to have attention problems than kids who had less screen time.

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