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August 21, 2014

Why Access to Screens Is Lowering Kids’ Social Skills

Yalda Uhls, researcher at UCLA’s Children’s Digital Media Center, Patricia Greenfield, professor of Psychology, and colleagues, have found that kids read emotions better after being deprived of electronic media.

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July 11, 2011

Popular TV shows teach children fame is most important value

Patricia M. Greenfield, a UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and collaborators found that “Fame” is the No. 1 value emphasized by television shows popular with 9- to 11-year-olds, a dramatic change over the past 10 years.

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