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> ['Screen time' is meaningless - what matters is what you do while on the screen. The good, the bad, and the ugly faces of screen time will all have to do with which activities you engage into.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/screen-time-is-meaningless-what-matters-is-what-you-do-while-on-the/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

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## More by Daphne Bavelier

> [Everybody thought that screen time was bad for vision. Well, it happens that spending a lot of time reading on a computer is bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/everybody-thought-that-screen-time-was-bad-for-vision-well-it-happens/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

> [Normally, improving contrast sensitivity means using glasses or surgery to correct the eye. But we've found that action video games train the brain to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/normally-improving-contrast-sensitivity-means-using-glasses-or/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

> [People who played action video games have better vision in the sort of conditions where there is not much contrast. It can make all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/people-who-played-action-video-games-have-better-vision-in-the-sort/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

> [We know there are good sugars and bad sugars, and we don't discuss whether food in general is good or bad for us. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/we-know-there-are-good-sugars-and-bad-sugars-and-we-don-t-discuss/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

> [In order to sharpen its prediction skills, our brains constantly build models, or 'templates,' of the world. The better the template, the better the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/in-order-to-sharpen-its-prediction-skills-our-brains-constantly-build/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

> [We have a large amount of data that shows playing fast-paced games improves hand-eye co-ordination, the ability to focus on the task at hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/we-have-a-large-amount-of-data-that-shows-playing-fast-paced-games/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

> [The average age of a gamer is 33 years old, not eight years old, and in fact, if we look at the projected demographics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/the-average-age-of-a-gamer-is-33-years-old-not-eight-years-old-and-in/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

> [We need to go beyond saying, 'I know what these games do because I see my son playing them,' and try to understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/we-need-to-go-beyond-saying-i-know-what-these-games-do-because-i-see/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

> [When people play action games, they're changing the brain's pathway responsible for visual processing. These games push the human visual system to the limits,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/when-people-play-action-games-they-re-changing-the-brain-s-pathway/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

> [Studies of social games, puzzle games, and brain-training games have shown they have little effect on the brain despite often being marketed as improving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/studies-of-social-games-puzzle-games-and-brain-training-games-have/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

> ['Screen time' is meaningless - what matters is what you do while on the screen. The good, the bad, and the ugly faces of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/screen-time-is-meaningless-what-matters-is-what-you-do-while-on-the/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

> [Action game players make more correct decisions per unit time. If you are a surgeon or you are in the middle of a battlefield,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/action-game-players-make-more-correct-decisions-per-unit-time-if-you/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

> [You can't compare the effect of multimedia-tasking and the effect of playing action games. They have totally different effects on different aspects of cognition,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-bavelier/you-can-t-compare-the-effect-of-multimedia-tasking-and-the-effect-of/)

[Daphne Bavelier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-bavelier/)

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