Most studies on the side effects of screen time have relied on self-reported data, an unreliable methodology that has been a major problem in nutrition research
Rachel Becker / The Verge : Tweets: @psybrief , @shuhbillskee , and @candice_odgers Tweets: PsychBrief / @psybrief : Short write-up of the recent paper showing the poor correlation between people's estimates of their cellphone use and how much they actually use it. Amazing quote by @ShuhBillSkee at the end http://www.theverge.com/... Andrew Przybylski / @shuhbillskee : “I don't see how you couldn't be a little bit ashamed of the fact that you do research on something that you can measure and yet you are content to guess.” -@jamesheathers on the state of science behind the screen time panic. http://www.theverge.com/... Candice Odgers / @candice_odgers : Relying only on kids' reports to measure screen time is a real problem - but even if we could measure it perfectly, the real problem is sorting out cause from effect, for that we will need smarter studies not smartphones that can simply count hours online. http://twitter.com/...