THE IM PACT OF SCREEN TIME ON CHIDREN WITH 2-5YEARS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY
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Abstract
Screen Dependency Disorder or SDD refers to screen-related ‘addictive’ behavior. Sigman(2017) suggested that Various screen activities that induce structural and functional brain plasticity in adults. The usage time in childhood with symbolize alter the anatomical structure of brain conectivity. Paulus, Ohmann,Gontard and Popow(2018) says that internet gaming disorder(IGD) is leading to and maintain pertinent personal and social impairment and suggested that the concept of internet gaming disorder(IGD) and the pathway leading to it are not entirely clear. Sarojini, Gayathri and Priya(2019) determined the awareness of SDD among IT proffessioals and suggest that SDD tend to experience a variety of symptoms. Since there is a scarcity of literature evidence to prove the high necessity to study in detail .about the language impairment, brain functioning and behavior changes caused due to SDD. The aim of the study was to find the impact of Screen time on children who were exposed for more than 2-3 hours per day by analyzing the working memory in children of 2-5years who had continuous expose to media for 2-5 and more hours per day. Ten children in the age range 2-5years who were exposed to mobile phones for more than 2-5 hours.