screen time essay plan Flashcards
What is screen time?
Time spent using a device such as a computer, television or games console. Screen time can be active or passive
What are WHO reccomendations for screen time?
no screen time up until age 2. no moe than one hour between age 2 and four.
what does most research into screen time and children sugest
a decline in reading comprehension and maths
Lin et al, 2015
Cognition, language and motor developmental delays
who found Cognition, language and motor developmental delays in children?
Lin et al., 2015
Nathanson et al., 2014
Exposure in infancy (even to educational content) associated with negative developmental outcomes. more tv related to poorer executive function in preschoolers.
schmidt at al., 2009
increased language aquisition and visual motor skills related to screen time in children
jusiene at al., 2020
preschoolers screen time not related to executive function ability
what are the results like regarding screen tiem and cognitive decline in elder people?
very mixed
who provides supoorting evidence that screen time is not associated with executive function in older age?
Hamer, 2014
Bakrania et al., 2018
> 4 hrs 37-73yo = decreased STM and fluid intelligence 4 yrs later
Wang et al., 2006
Tv viewing in older adults predicts cog impairment 6 years late
why does tv viewing impact older people?
can be stressful which creates glucocorticoids leading to impared cognition
can displace more cognitivly beneficial activites
what does content have to so woth screen time?
has been found to change how the screen time effects out EF and other cognitive functions. eg passive and active viewing
Lillard and Peterson, 2011
Fast-paced fantastical cartoons (e.g. spongebob) had immediate negative impact on EFs. No effect of educational cartoon
