Young Children's Exposure To Audible Television Has Implicati...
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- Taryn930 on 2009-06-30 - Tags tv , language , development , parenting
- Daylemajor on 2009-06-18 - Tags children , brain
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"Adults typically utter approximately 941 words per hour. Our study found that adult words are almost completely eliminated when television is audible to the child," added Christakis. "These results may explain the association between infant television exposure and delayed language development." Christakis further adds that this may also explain attentional and cognitive delays, since it has been posed that language development is a critical component of brain development in early childhood.
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