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hellfae t1_j77lcnn wrote

Reply to A new study suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in brain activity, as well as problems with executive functioning — the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions — in elementary school. by Wagamaga

It blows my mind that anyone would put a newly born, vulnerable, developing brain in front of a computer/tablet/tv or anything. Stop having kids if you arent able to put in any conscious time or stay off of screens yourselves. We dont even know the long term consequences of this, we do have more mental health issues, and more violence, shootings and impulse problems in young adults these days.

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SteakandTrach t1_j77j6oo wrote

Reply to comment by Frosti11icus in New evidence suggests that ‘hybrid’ immunity, the result of both vaccination and a bout of COVID-19, can provide partial protection against reinfection for at least eight months. Immunity acquired by booster vaccination alone seems to fade somewhat faster. by MistWeaver80

I don’t think anyone really knows when they did this. Could have been millennia, could have been the 1600s. That’s paraphrasing the virologist that gave a CME lecture on COVID I attended 2 days ago.

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Wagamaga OP t1_j77h4xf wrote

Reply to A new study suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in brain activity, as well as problems with executive functioning — the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions — in elementary school. by Wagamaga

If you’re a parent, you’ve probably been there. You have a baby howling for attention, but you need to cook dinner or get a sibling to take a much-needed nap. Baby TV shows, touch tablets, and digital phone toys can feel like lifesavers in keeping an active infant calm and contained while juggling what life brings.

But a new study suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in brain activity, as well as problems with executive functioning — the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions — in elementary school.

“The infant brain thrives on enriching interactions with the environment, and excessive infant screen time can reduce opportunities for real-world interactions that are important for brain development,” says Dr. Carol Wilkinson, a developmental behavioral pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital who was part of the study. “Especially today, when screens are with us all the time, we need to better support parents in non-screen time tips and tricks to keep infants engaged and parents sane.”

https://answers.childrenshospital.org/screen-time-infants/

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youshouldbethelawyer t1_j77felt wrote

Reply to New evidence suggests that ‘hybrid’ immunity, the result of both vaccination and a bout of COVID-19, can provide partial protection against reinfection for at least eight months. Immunity acquired by booster vaccination alone seems to fade somewhat faster. by MistWeaver80

It's almost as if our immune system has developed over millennia to protect us against, influenza viruses such as covid 19. Fascinating! In fact, vaccinated are more susceptible to reinfection, because vaccines are a half ditch attempt to replicate this long developed evolutionary feature that we already possess as animals. Good thing the vaccines were forced on the population to reduce our ability to defend our own immune systems, effectively making our own biological systems a pay to play service!

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Present-Chemical-909 t1_j77eyu5 wrote

Reply to comment by FraseraSpeciosa in Political views can be predicted by differences in brain activity. Study says political differences don’t just emerge when it comes to how we interpret reality around us; our brains actually ‘see’ different things depending on our politics. by mossadnik

It is true that generally, conservatives have tended to support more strict voting laws, but I'm actually not sure if I buy a fundamental psychological explanation for liberals voting more by mail specifically, since most research I can find suggests that states introducing mail-in voting didn't really make a significant difference in election results and turnout before 2020. It seems to me like the divide we see now is because of the specific context of Trump saying mail-in ballots were illegitimate and making it an explicitly partisan issue + liberals broadly taking the pandemic more seriously (making them more likely to pick the option that you can do from home).

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Elaphe21 t1_j77ek97 wrote

Reply to Wet-food diet promotes the recovery from surgery of castration in adult young cats by napovarj

Vet and Ph.D. here...

I wrote a long response to this abstract, but as I don't have access to the entire publication, I elected to delete it.

I do not understand how this paper made it past peer review.

I suspect chatgpt wrote this (or 100 cats on 100 typewriters for 100 years...)

BTW, Canned food is generally better for cats, but (much) worse for their teeth (I can totally tell a 5 year old cat that is fed predominantly canned food based on the number of extractions they need).

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