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Video Viewing and Cognitive Development in Preadolescents

Santha Kumari* and Simerpreet Ahuja

Thapar University, India

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: santhakk{at}yahoo.co.in.


  Abstract

Preadolescent heavy television, video game, and computer viewers were compared to light viewers on their performance on tests of creative imagination, visual memory, and attention span. Results indicate that heavy viewers performed poorly compared to light viewers on all cognitive dimensions studied. Findings are explained in terms of the displacement hypothesis and formal features of video, which may hamper optimal brain development.

First published on April 17, 2009
Social Science Computer Review 2009, doi:10.1177/0894439309334815
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