Wednesday, 06 Nov 2019 09:00 PM MYT
Carried out by researchers at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, the new study looked at 27 girls and 20 boys, all healthy and aged between 3 and 5 years old, and assessed their screen time in terms of American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations. The AAP recommendations take into account how much time children should spend in front of screens, a child's access to screens , and who children are with and how they interact when they are looking at screens.
Higher ScreenQ scores were significantly associated with lower expressive language, the ability to rapidly name objects, and emergent literacy skills. These children also had lower scores on language and literacy measures.
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