A counterweight to the year’s dominant story about screens and cognition, kept for that reason.
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An eight-year study finds more childhood screen time predicted better cognition
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An eight-year Finnish study found more childhood screen time predicted better teenage cognition, while the Treasury limited children's savings accounts to broad, low-fee equity funds.
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