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Mobile technology may support kids learning to recognize emotions in photos of faces

  • Written by Yalda T. Uhls, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Scholars & Storytellers and Assistant Adjunct Professor in Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
imageMany kids use screens all day long and are adept at reading what they see on them.LWA/Dann Tardif/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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