The true relationship between screens, books and nearsightedness

Feb 7, 2023

Excessive use of screens causes ‘eye fatigue’, but there is not enough data to conclude that it leads to nearsightedness. Image: PEXELS/George Dolgikh

Conchi Lillo

Profesora titular de la Facultad de Biología, investigadora de patologías visuales, Universidad de Salamanca

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Correlation between per capita cheese consumption and deaths by becoming entangled in bedsheets. Image: Tyler Vigen / Spurious Correlations

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