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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 21, 2017·5 min readScreen Time or Story Time? E-Books Grab Attention of Toddlers and Led to Greater LearningToddlers who were read stories from e-book devices pay more attention during story time and showed increased learning than those who were read traditional books, a new study reports.Read More
