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cagordon

The Impact of Television Viewing on Brain Structures: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal ... - 0 views

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  • Television (TV) viewing is known to affect children's verbal abilities and other physical, cognitive, and emotional development in psychological studies.
  • We also confirmed negative effects of TV viewing on verbal intelligence quotient (IQ) in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.
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    Decrease in normal brain functions.
kndickerson

The Truth About TV and ADD/ADHD Symptoms - 0 views

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  • Too much TV can negatively affect brain development, AAP doctors fear, especially in babies, whose brains are growing rapidly.
  • As reported in the journal Pediatrics in April 2004, researchers at Children's Hospital in Seattle found that the more television a child watches between the ages of 1 and 3, the greater his or her likelihood of developing attention problems by age 7. More specifically, for each extra hour per day of TV time, the risk of concentration difficulties increases by 10 percent, compared with that of a child who views no TV at all. Excessive viewing was associated with a 28 percent increase in attention problems.
  • The Brain Drain Still, their work is a wake-up call. According to Dr. Christakis, the rapidly moving images on TV and in video games may rewire the brains of very young children, making it difficult for them to focus on slower tasks that require more thought. Others say that TV may, at least temporarily, idle the centers in the pre-frontal cortex that are responsible for organizing, planning, and sequencing thought.
ncbueltel

Children who watch too much TV may have 'damaged brain structures' | Mail Online - 0 views

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  • MRI brain scans showed children who spent the most hours in front of the box had greater amounts of grey matter in regions around the frontopolar cortex - the area at the front of the frontal lobe.But this increased volume was a negative thing as it was linked with lower verbal intelligence, said the authors, from Tohoku University in the city of Sendai.
  • ‘These areas show developmental cortical thinning during development, and children with superior IQs show the most vigorous cortical thinning in this area,’ the team wrote.They highlighted the fact that unlike learning a musical instrument, for example, programmes we watch on TV ‘do not necessarily advance to a higher level, speed up or vary’.
  • ‘When this type of increase in level of experience does not occur with increasing experience, there is less of an effect on cognitive functioning,’ they wrote.
Christina Bryant

Is television destroying our children's minds? | Society | The Guardian - 0 views

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  • "We all know that the brains of newborns continue to develop rapidly, that the final tuning is done, as it were, outside the womb. The rapid pace of TV may not help," Dr Dimitri Christakis, who led the research, tells the Guardian. "The idea came to me when I was at home with my three-month-old son. If he saw a television he was mesmerised by it. He had no idea of what the content was. I was curious what the effect of that degree of stimulation would be." His hypothesis was that very early exposure to television during critical periods of synaptic development would be associated with subsequent attention problems. "In contrast to the pace with which real life unfolds and is experienced by young children, television can portray rapidly changing images, scenery, and events," says Christakis's paper. "It can be overstimulating and yet extremely interesting. This has led some to theorise that television may shorten children's attention spans."
  • Christina Bryant on 11 Aug 14
     
    ""We all know that the brains of newborns continue to develop rapidly, that the final tuning is done, as it were, outside the womb. The rapid pace of TV may not help," Dr Dimitri Christakis, who led the research, tells the Guardian. "The idea came to me when I was at home with my three-month-old son. If he saw a television he was mesmerised by it. He had no idea of what the content was. I was curious what the effect of that degree of stimulation would be." His hypothesis was that very early exposure to television during critical periods of synaptic development would be associated with subsequent attention problems. "In contrast to the pace with which real life unfolds and is experienced by young children, television can portray rapidly changing images, scenery, and events," says Christakis's paper. "It can be overstimulating and yet extremely interesting. This has led some to theorise that television may shorten children's attention spans.""
cagordon

Studies show Television Decreases IQ, Creativity, Academic Achievement and Damages the ... - 0 views

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  • Reported in the Journal of Genetic Psychology was the finding that children’s television viewing ‘resulted in an eventual decrease in their academic achievement.
  • researchers compared high I.Q. students who were heavy TV watchers with equally bright students who watched little TV.  They found significantly higher scores on a reading comprehension test among the low TV viewers.
  • Professor Herbert Krugman found that within 30 seconds of turning on the television, our brains become neurologically less able to make judgements about what we see and hear on the screen.
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  • ‘Television is a communication medium that effortlessly transmits huge quantities of information not thought about at the time of exposure’
  • Reduction in Critical Thinking – Less Motivation – Less Creativity and Perseverance in Problem Solving – Greater Separation of Thought from Emotion, making Human Behaviour more Conformist.
kadex27

Kids' TV time linked to school woes, bad habits - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • Each additional hour of TV that toddlers watch per week translates into poorer classroom behavior, lower math scores, less physical activity, and more snacking at age 10, according to a new study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
  • Another theory is that the act of watching television can harm developing brains. A child's brain triples in size within the first three years of life in response to external stimulation, says Dr. Dimitri Christakis, M.D., a professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington and the country's foremost expert on the health effects of TV in childhood.
  • "Early exposure to [television] can actually be over-stimulating for the developing brain, and that can lead to shorter attention spans [and] cognitive difficulties," says Christakis, the author of "The Elephant in the Living Room: Make Television Work for Your Kids."
Yessenia Cruz

How Television Affects Your Brian Chemistry-- And That's Not All - 0 views

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    A growing number of experts agree that allowing children under the age of three to watch television can impair their linguistic and social development, and also put them at risk of health problems including attention-deficit disorder, autism, and OBESITY. Older kids are also at risk from WATCHING TV. Too much time in front of the tube may: Change your child's views and food choices Make your kids fat Make your kids more materialistic Cause your children to go into more debt as adults Cause your children to be more aggressive Lead to smoking Increase your child's risk of becoming seriously injured
kfavors010

How TV Affects Your Child - 0 views

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  • The first 2 years of life are considered a critical time for brain development. TV and other electronic media can get in the way of exploring, playing, and interacting with parents and others, which encourages learning and healthy physical and social development.
  • Children who consistently spend more than 4 hours per day watching TV are more likely to be overweight. Kids who view violent acts are more likely to show aggressive behavior but also fear that the world is scary and that something bad will happen to them. TV characters often depict risky behaviors, such as smoking and drinking, and also reinforce gender-role and racial stereotypes.
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