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THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS
of Screen Time on Cognitive Abilities
INTRODUCTION
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
1. World Health Organization. (2019). Guidelines on physical activity,
sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age: web annex: evidence profiles.
2. Ponti, M. (2019). Digital media: Promoting healthy screen use in school-aged children and adolescents, Paediatrics & Child Health, Volume 24, 402–408.
3. Shifrin, D., Brown, A., Hill, D., Jana, L., & Flinn, S. K. (2015). Growing up
digital: Media research symposium. American Academy of Pediatrics.
4. Barr, R., & Linebarger, D. N. (2016). Media exposure during infancy and
early childhood. New York, Springer.
METHOD
1. Collège Montmorency 2. Équipe de recherche Qualité des contextes éducatifs de la petite enfance, UQAM. 3. Département de didactique des langues, UQAM 4. Département de didactique, UQAM
Tania Tremblay
1,2|
Andréanne Gagné
2,3|
Nathalie Bigras
2,4Courriel : ttremblay@cmontmorency.qc.ca
RESULTS
Database of 4 and 7 years old
children (Bigras, 2009-2011).
Screen time (ST) comprises sedentary activities
WISC-IV Cognitive abilities WIAT-II
142 children
53%RESEARCH QUESTION
Screen time (hour/week) Video games Television1 hour or less of ST per day More than 1 hour of ST per day
* • Verbal comprehension • Perceptual reasoning • Working memory • Processing speed • Reading test • Math test
ST affects children’s cognitive
development
Limiting ST to 1 hour a day in
preschool-aged children
Sociodemographic
factors incomeFamily
Mother’s repo! questionnaire
4 years oldDoes limiting ST to 1 hour a day in
preschool-aged children ensure optimal
cognitive abilities at school age?
Preschoolers’ ST is associated with ce!ain cognitive abilities at school age.
Limiting preschoolers’ ST to 1 hour a day is a valid way of contributing to optimal cognitive development in the long term especially for…
ST decreases family literacy activities and real and contingent interactions between children and adults.
SCREEN TIME AT 4 YEARS OLD AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES AT 7 YEARS OLD
Verbal
comprehension Perceptualreasoning Working memory Processing speed Reading Math
120 115 110 105 100 95 90 SCO RES 110 104 108 105 107 102 104 102 119 112 107 102 * Verbal
comprehension Perceptualreasoning Working memory Processing speed Reading Math
115 110 105 100 95 90 SCO RES 106 104 106 104 103 102 99 101 113 113 103 106 Verbal
comprehension Perceptualreasoning Working memory Processing speed Reading Math
140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 SCO RES 113 103 110 105 111 102 108 103 122 110 110 99 * N:34 N:42 * N:24 N:42 N:58 N:84
language skills and for girls
WHY?
Difference between ST activities Passive ST activities
Active and interactional ST activities that demand more cognitive effo!.
WHY?
