Preschool screen-media usage predicts mental imagery two years later

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-463430
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.46343

Suggate, Sebastian Paul ; Martzog, Philipp

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Abstract

During typical childhood interactions with screen-media, two features are prominent. First, input is dominated by audio-visual signals and second, these predominately provide children with ready-made images, potentially negating effortful mental imagery construction. We present a two-year longitudinal study on a sample of 109 preschool children. We endeavoured to measure media usage and mental ...