Suggate, Sebastian P. and Martzog, Philipp (2020) Screen-time influences children's mental imagery performance. DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE, 23 (6): e12978. ISSN 1363-755X, 1467-7687
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Mental imagery is a foundational human faculty that depends on active image construction and sensorimotor experiences. However, children now spend a significant proportion of their day engaged with screen-media, which (a) provide them with ready-made mental images, and (b) constitute a sensory narrowing whereby input is typically focused on the visual and auditory modalities. Accordingly, we test the idea that screen-time influences the development of children's mental imagery with a focus on mental image generation and inspection from the visual and haptic domains. In a longitudinal cross-lagged panel design, children (n = 266) aged between 3 and 9 years were tested at two points in time, 10 months apart. Measures of screen-time and mental imagery were employed, alongside a host of control variables including working memory, vocabulary, demographics, device ownership, and age of exposure to screen-media. Findings indicate a statistically significant path from screen-time at time 1 to mental imagery at time 2, above and beyond the influence of the control variables. These unique findings are discussed in terms of the influence of screen-time on mental imagery.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | FINE MOTOR-SKILLS; CREATIVE IMAGINATION; TELEVISION EXPOSURE; COGNITIVE CONTROL; LANGUAGE; MEDIA; PRESCHOOLERS; VOCABULARY; EXPERIENCE; IMPACT; cognitive development; electronic media; mental imagery; mental simulation; screen-media; screen-time |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 370 Education |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Bildungswissenschaft > Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik (Prof. Dr. Heidrun Stöger) Human Sciences > Institut für Bildungswissenschaft |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2021 12:40 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2021 12:40 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/44554 |
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