ArticleChild neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence2023
Higher access to screens is related to decreased functional connectivity between neural networks associated with basic attention skills and cognitive control in children.
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- A comprehensive systematic review of fMRI studies on brain connectivity in healthy children and adolescents: Current insights and future directions.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- A longitudinal study of parent-child relationship and behavioral problems in children aged 3 to 6: the mediating role of screen time.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Impact of screen use on behavior and sleep in patients with autism spectrum disorder.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2025Review
- Performance on an attention test is positively related to reading but negatively related to watching TV and playing video games in children.BMC pediatrics · 2025Observational
- Research on the relationship between parental media literacy and preschool children's quality of learning in the new media environment.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Decreased frontal theta frequency during the presence of smartphone among children: an EEG study.Pediatric research · 2024Article
- A study of the effects of screen exposure on the neuropsychological development in children with autism spectrum disorders based on ScreenQ.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Language First, Cognition Later: Different Trajectories of Subcomponents of the Future-Reading Network in Processing Narratives from Kindergarten to Adolescence.Brain connectivity · 2024Article
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Screen-based media has become a prevailing part of children's lives. Different technologies provide limitless access to a wide range of content. This accessibility has immensely increased screen exposure among children, showing that this exposure is associated with decreased cognitive abilities. This study was designed to evaluate how the neurobiological correlates for different sub-components of screen exposure, such as level of access, content, and frequency, are related to different cognitive abilities. Resting-state functional MRI data were collected in 29 native English-speaking children (8-12 years old), in addition to cognitive-behavioral measures. Functional connectivity measures within and between several networks related to cognitive control and attention were calculated [fronto-parietal (FP), cingulo-opercular (CO), dorsal attention (DAN), ventral attention (VAN), salience, default mode (DMN), cerebellar networks]. Sub-components of screen exposure were measured using the Screen-Q questionnaire. Higher access to screens was related to lower functional connectivity between neural networks associated with basic attention skills and cognitive control (i.e., DAN and salience). In addition, higher levels of parent-child interaction during screen exposure were related to increased functional connectivity between networks related to cognitive control and learning (i.e., CO and cerebellar). These findings suggest that screen exposure may reduce the engagement of basic attention and modulation of cognitive control networks and that higher levels of parent-child interaction engage cognitive control networks. An enhanced understanding of these processes can provide an important scientific basis for future educational and medical approaches regarding screen exposure.
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