Viewing Fantastical Events Versus Touching Fantastical Events: Short-Term Effects on Children's Inhibitory Control
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
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.
Publication Title
Child Development
Volume
89
Issue
1
First Page
48
Last Page
57
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1111/cdev.12820
PubMed ID
28478648
E-ISSN
1467-8624
Language
eng
Citation Information
Li, H. Subrahmanyam, K. Bai, X. Xie, X. Liu, T. (2018). Viewing fantastical events versus touching fantastical events: Short-term effects on children’s inhibitory control. Child Development, 89, 48-57.
