The Value of Reanalysis: TV Viewing and Attention Problems

Abstract

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (N = 1,159), this study reexamines the link between maternal reports of television viewing at ages 1 and 3 and attention problems at age 7. This work represents a reanalysis and extension of recent research suggesting young children's television viewing causes subsequent attention problems. The nonlinear specification reveals the association between television watching and attention problems exists-if at all-only at very high levels of viewing. Adding 2 covariates to the regression model eliminated even this modest effect. The earlier findings are not robust. This study also considers whether its own findings are sensitive to unobserved confounding using fixed-effects estimation. In general, it finds no meaningful relation between television viewing and attention problems.

Experiences with tasks supported by a cognitive e-learning system in preschool: Modelling and training on working memory and attentional control

“…There is a considerable body of work on the complexity of these two capacities (Baddeley, 2006;Bialystok and Martin, 2003;Callejas et al, 2004;Fan and Posner, 2004;Gathercole et al, 2006;Gathercole et al, 2004;Miyake et al, 2000;Posner, 2004;Posner and Petersen, 1990;Rueda et al, 2005) and their importance for information processing and school learning (Bull and Scerif, 2001;Bull et al, 2008;Deustch and Deustch, 1963;Dunham, 1995;Foster and Watkins, 2010;Gathercole et al, 2006;Jankowski et al, 2001;Jones et al, 2003;Loe et al, 2008;Ruff and Rothbart, EXPERIENCES ON WORKING MEMORY AND ATTENTION CONTROL TRAINING WITH TASKS 3 1996; Thorell et al, 2009;Wassenberg et al, 2005;Welsh et al, 2010;Wickens, 1984).…”

Mothers’ Perception Regarding the Influence of Interactive Media on Children’s Cognitive, Social, Moral Development in Pakistan

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“…The actors in this study are individuals in adolescent and early teen's groups, connected by advice giving and friendship ties. Both ties are valued (measured on a scale, in amount of advice giving and strength of friendship) [1]. Gibbons also showed that both types of ties play an important role in changing professional values.…”

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