Pediatrics October 2011 PMID 21911349

The immediate impact of different types of television on young children's executive function.

Angeline S Lillard, Jennifer Peterson

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The study examined how different types of TV shows affect young children's executive function, which includes skills like self-regulation and working memory, and found that fast-paced cartoons negatively impact these skills immediately after viewing.
Sixty-four four-year-olds were randomly assigned to watch either a fast-paced cartoon, an educational cartoon, or draw for 9 minutes; those who watched the fast-paced cartoon performed worse on tasks like delaying gratification and solving puzzles.
The results suggest that even short, 9-minute exposures to fast-paced TV can temporarily impair preschoolers' executive functioning, so parents should be cautious about the types of TV their children watch.]

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The immediate impact of different types of television on young children's executive function.

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