Study: games and video-watching correlate with kids getting smarter, social media a wash

On the impact of digital media on childhood intelligence, games and watching videos were consistent with cognitive benefits. Socializing digitally, however, had no consistent effect.

Here we estimated the effect of each three types of screen time (Watching TV and online videos, Socializing via social media, text, and video chat, and Gaming) on intelligence after accounting for each other's screen type, socioeconomic status, and genetic predisposition for intelligence. — Read the rest