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From: Long-term impact of digital media on brain development in children

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Relationship between digital media usage and cerebellum development over time. The interactions presented in (a,c) social media usage (b,d) playing video games, and time2 on the cerebellum development; however, they are presented in age (years) for visual purposes. Digital media usage is categorized based on quartiles using ggpredict [quart2] function in R.89 Children who spent a longer time on social media usage (a,c) had a decrease in cerebellum volume. Similar findings were seen for those who spent on mean levels. In contrast, children who spent a longer time playing video games (b,d) had an increase in cerebellum volume.

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