Viewing Fantastical Events Versus Touching Fantastical Events: Short-Term Effects on Children's Inhibitory Control.
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| Title: | Viewing Fantastical Events Versus Touching Fantastical Events: Short-Term Effects on Children's Inhibitory Control. |
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| Authors: | Li, Hui, Subrahmanyam, Kaveri, Bai, Xuejun, Xie, Xiaochun, Liu, Tao |
| Source: | Child Development. Jan/Feb2018, Vol. 89 Issue 1, p48-57. 10p. 2 Diagrams, 2 Charts, 3 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Fantasy in children, Inhibition in children, Interactive multimedia, Reality in children, Control (Psychology) in children, Prefrontal cortex, Mobile games, Pre-tests & post-tests, Psychology, Physiology |
| Abstract: | Three pretest-posttest experiments were conducted to compare the effects of viewing versus interacting with either fantastical or real events on 4- and 6-year-old children's inhibitory control. Experiment 1 (N = 72) suggested that although viewing fantastical events had a negative effect on inhibitory control, interacting with them produced no such disruption. Experiment 2 (N = 17) also found that children's inhibitory control decreased after viewing fantastical events but not after interacting with them. In addition, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) data showed that viewing fantastical events resulted in greater activation in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Experiment 3 (N = 72) showed that children's inhibitory control increased after viewing and interacting with real events. The implications for studying the effects of mobile devices are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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