The immediate impact of different types of television on young children's executive function

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 644-649

  Lillard, Angeline S ^a   Peterson, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive function; Preschool; Television

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053498149     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1919     Document Type: Article

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