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Benefits of Video Game Play: Content and Context Matter
Sam Schwamm’s academic and professional interests center on the relationship between interactive media (especially video games) and positive youth development.
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What’s Going With Us: A Guide for Parents from a Teen
Ibne Tamim is a senior at Manhattan Center For Science and Mathematics High School in New York City. Her passion and interest in behavioral and cognitive psychology…
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How You (and Your Kids) Can Feel Empowered by Social Media
All parents want the same thing: to raise their kids to be good humans. Part of that means learning what we can and passing that knowledge on to our kids.
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What the Pandemic Did to Us: My Experience and a Little Advice for Parents
I was a freshman in high school when COVID-19 first hit in the middle of March, 2020. Like every other student, I was more than happy not to have school…
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Intern Spotlight: Sam Schwamm
Meet our graduate research intern, Sam Schwamm! Sam is a second-year Master’s student in the Eliot-Pearson Child Study and Human Development program at Tufts University. He joined the Digital Wellness…
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Michael Carter, Ph.D, Adds to the Lab’s Expertise
Within his role as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Digital Wellness, Michael will work with the Lab to investigate ways to advance the design of interactive media for the health…
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Our Latest Pulse Survey Results Are In!
Do you ever wonder what your teenager is thinking as they scroll through their phone or sit glued to their laptop? Parents have a lot of opinions about their kids’…
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Adolescent Media Use: Attitudes, Effects, and Online Experiences
In this Pulse Survey, Adolescent Media Use: Attitudes, Effects, and Online Experiences, the Digital Wellness Lab surveyed 1,480 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17 to learn more about…
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Is Your Child’s Screen Use Damaging Their Eyes?
The American Academy of Ophthalmology has proclaimed that August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, which is dedicated to preventing eye injuries and vision loss. Healthy vision is essential…