Science Longer TV time linked to developmental delays

[thomas]

A Japanese study found that infants who spend more time watching TV and DVDs show slower development. A nationwide cohort study launched in 2010 indicates that one-year-olds are also affected, while overseas studies have produced similar results for children aged 2 to 5.

Researchers utilized the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS) conducted by the Ministry of the Environment since fiscal 2010 on 100,000 pairs of parents and children across Japan. They examined data obtained from 57,980 infants as they grew from age 1 to 3. The team, led by Chiba University, analyzed the relationship between the amount of time infants spent watching TV or DVDs per day and their development one year later in five areas: communication skills, physical activity, manual dexterity, ability to understand parental instructions, and skills necessary for daily life. Due to individual differences among young children, random intercept cross-lagged panel models were used to adjust for these differences. The results showed that the longer the screen time, the greater the developmental delay in communication skills at ages 1 to 2 and in physical exercise, manual dexterity, and skills necessary for daily life at ages 2 to 3. Conversely, infants with higher development of communication skills among the five items were found to have shorter viewing times at ages 1 to 2 and 2 to 3.

Longer TV time linked to developmental delays, even for 1-year-olds: Japan study - The Mainichi

TOKYO -- A nationwide cohort study launched in fiscal 2010 has found that infants who spend more time watching TV and DVDs show slower development, Ja

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[salyavin]

Now it is more likely to be short internet videos.

 

[nice gaijin]

A screen is just another drug

 

[Grandpa Frank]

I've been hooked on TV since 1954 so now I know why I'm so weird , LOL. Seems like cell phones are the issue more now.