Children with televisions, games consoles and mobile phones in their bedrooms suffer anxiety and perform worse at school due to lack of sleep, new research suggests.
Having such gadgets in their rooms makes children to see it as a place for entertainment rather than a place for rest and quiet, the study found.
And playing violent video games in the bedroom tricks young minds' into seeing it as a place of danger, leading them to be alert when they should be relaxed, it is claimed.
The study by researchers from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, found that losing just on hour's sleep can hamper a child's performance at school, making it harder to solve maths problems and impeding memory.
'One of the biggest culprits for inadequate and disturbed sleep is technology,' said Dalhousie psychologist Jennifer Vriend, the study's lead author. Full story...
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Having such gadgets in their rooms makes children to see it as a place for entertainment rather than a place for rest and quiet, the study found.
And playing violent video games in the bedroom tricks young minds' into seeing it as a place of danger, leading them to be alert when they should be relaxed, it is claimed.
The study by researchers from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, found that losing just on hour's sleep can hamper a child's performance at school, making it harder to solve maths problems and impeding memory.
'One of the biggest culprits for inadequate and disturbed sleep is technology,' said Dalhousie psychologist Jennifer Vriend, the study's lead author. Full story...
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