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Want to spur your child’s intellectual development? Use audiobooks instead of videos

  • Written by Andrey Vyshedskiy, Professor of Neuroscience, Boston University
imageUnlike videos, audiobooks require greater use of the imagination. martin-dm/E+ via Getty Images

It’s not uncommon today to see children glued to their screens. In fact, 80% of parents with children 11 or younger say their kids watch YouTube videos, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center poll. Half of these parents say their kids watch videos...

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