Sep 22, 2016 |
London: Children who
spend just 15 minutes or more a day watching television may become less
creative as compared to those who read books or solve jigsaw puzzles, a new
study has warned.
Watching TV for short
periods does not impact on the number of creative ideas that young children
come up, researchers said.
However the research,
conducted with 60 children of three years of age at Staffordshire University in
the UK, has found that 15 minutes of children's television temporarily reduces
the originality of the ideas they come up with.
"We were looking
at the immediate impact of television on children's creativity," said
psychology lecturer Dr Sarah Rose, who conducted the study. "We compared
children who watched slow and fast paced episodes of Postman Pat with children
who were left to play with books and jigsaws. We then tested the children for
the numbers of creative ideas and the originality of those ideas," Rose
said.
"While there was
very little impact of TV on the number of creative ideas generated, there was
clear evidence that the children came up with less original ideas immediately
after watching television although these effects seemed to disappear after a
short time.
"Over time if
children are less creative in their play, this could negatively impact their
development," Rose said.
The new research is
potentially useful to producers of children's television, early years'
educators and parents as little study has been carried out on the development
effects of television on young children, researchers said.
"There is a
belief that the more slow-paced programmes are more educational but our
findings do not support this," Rose added.
Source: http://www.asianage.com/life-and-style/just-15-minutes-tv-may-kill-creativity-kids-study-326
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