In our digital world, are young people losing the ability to read emotions?

Friday, August 22, 2014 - 15:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Are young people losing the ability to read emotions in our digital world? Scientists report that sixth-graders who went five days without even glancing at a smartphone, television or other screen did substantially better at reading emotions than sixth-graders from the same school who, as usual, spent hours each day looking at their smartphones and other screens.

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