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ArticleScientific reports2021

Tablet PC use directly affects children's perception and attention.

Nicole Wetzel, Dunja Kunke, Andreas Widmann

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Nicole WetzelLeibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39119, Magdeburg, Germany. nicole.wetzel@lin-magdeburg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-2352-5366
Dunja KunkeLeibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39119, Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0170-7668
Andreas WidmannLeibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39119, Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3664-8581

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Abstract

Children currently grow up with a marked increase in interactive digital mobile media. To what extent digital media directly modulate children's perception and attention is largely unknown. We investigated the processing of task-irrelevant auditory information while 37 children aged 6;8-9;1-years played the identical card game on a tablet PC or with the experimenter in reality. The sound sequence included repeated standard sounds and occasionally novel sounds. Event-related potentials in the EEG, that reflect sound-related processes of perception and attention, were measured. Sounds evoked increased amplitudes of the ERP components P1, P2 and P3a during the interaction with the tablet PC compared to the human interaction. This indicates enhanced early processing of task-irrelevant information and increased allocation of attention to sounds throughout the interaction with a tablet PC compared to a human partner. Results suggest direct effects of typical situations, where children interact with a tablet PC, on neuronal mechanisms that drive perception and attention in the developing brain. More research into this phenomena is required to make specific suggestions for developing digital interactive learning programs.

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AttentionComputers, HandheldPerceptionBrainChildEvoked PotentialsFemaleHumansMaleReaction Time

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PMID34707134
PMCPMC8551317

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