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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
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  5. Date:         Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:06:00 EST
  6. Sender:       "Psychology Graduate Students Discussion Group List"
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  8. From:         "Kathryn Irene Snyder" <IRENES@UNC.BITNET>
  9. Subject:      Re: Neural development and TV
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  12. Jorge said:
  13. > children- specifically, by contributing to the so-called epidemic of Attention
  14. > Deficit Disorders, which is associated with impaired learning and anti-social
  15. > behavior.'                                                             the thi
  16. No. I think regardless of television the proliferation of diagnoses of
  17. ADD is an effect of the disorder's relatively recent recognition. I
  18. strongly suspect that the incident rate of ADD is no higher now than
  19. it ever was, it's just more widely recognized.
  20. As to the neurological effects of TV, I have no opinion, because I have
  21. no data. I don't like TV.
  22. Irene
  23.