Instead Of Staring At Screens, These Kids Stared At Faces

NPR | By Cory Turner

Published September 30, 2014 at 1:43 PM EDT

A recent study from researchers at UCLA found that kids who spent a week at outdoor camp — away from all electronic devices — got a lot better at picking up emotion in other people's faces.

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