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| Author: | Greenberg, B. |
| Title: | Background Television as an Inhibitor of Cognitive Responses |
| Journal: | Human Communication Research
1990 : SPRING, VOL. 16, p.355-386 |
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| Freeterms: | Television viewing, Distraction effect, Academic achievement |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The possibility that television viewing exerts an adverse effect on intellectual development has been investigated. Performance on seven different cognitive tests were examined for respondents in four TV-viewing conditions and a no-TV control group.The results indicate that background television tends to decrease abilities to perform difficult cognitive tasks by diverting needed central processing capacity. |
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