Screen time for kids under two linked to sensory differences in toddlerhood, study finds

For children under the age of 2, television screen time is associated with sensory differences later in toddlerhood, according to a new study.

Children who watched any television or DVDs at 12 months of age were twice as likely by 36 months to experience “atypical sensory processing” – that is, challenges in processing day-to-day sensory input – compared to others of that age. After 18 months of age, each extra hour of screen exposure was associated with around a 20% increased likelihood of sensory processing differences, according to the study, published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics...

https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2024/01/screen-time-for-kids-under-two-linked-to-sensory-differences-in-toddlerhood-study-finds/