TV has a physiological impact on the brain, deteriorating mind activity and potentially turning it into a “mashed potato” state, with some speculating it’s part of a larger project for control and domination.
Research suggests that prolonged exposure to television can be detrimental one’s life, with some studies indicating that children who watch three to four hours of non-educational TV daily will have seen almost 8,000 murders by the end of grade school.
At the time the documentary was made, Dr. Dmitry Csokas was a paediatrician and Director of Seattle Children’s Hospital. His research found that exposing developing brains to rapid sequencing of television programmes, particularly baby digital video discs (“DVDs”), can precondition the mind to expect high levels of input, leading to shorter attention spans later in life.
Research has progressed to developing a mouse model to study the effects of overstimulation on the developing brain, exposing newborn mice to “mouse television” with lights flashing and sound for six hours a day, resulting in shorter attention spans, greater risk-taking, and poorer cognitive development.
The average age at which children began to watch television regularly has shifted from four years old in 1970 to four months old today, with the advent of baby DVDs and products aimed at young children.
The American Paediatrics Association recommends that children under the age of two should never be exposed to television, while France has made it illegal to produce programming geared towards children under the age of three.
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