New Study Shows TV May Be Good for the Brain
A look at standardized test scores from 1965 by two University of Chicago Graduate School of Business economists was able to compare the results of students based on the relative levels of television penetration in their regions. The research suggests that exposure to television in early childhood correlates with higher test scores, especially among children in homes where English was not the first language.Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro published a paper earlier this year in the Quarterly Journal of Economics that offered a series of analyses showing the advent of television might actually have a positive effect on children’s cognitive ability.
You can find a copy of the paper here: http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/matthew.gentzkow/research/TV_QJE_2008.pdf
For more information go to: http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/matthew.gentzkow/papers.html where you can find more information about Matthew, and his other papers.
“Preschool Television Vieweing and Adolescent Test Scores; Historical Evidence from the Coleman Study (with Jesse M. Shapiro). Published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. CXXIII (1). February 2008. MIT Press.
