What is the FACTS Study?

FACTS stands for Fantastical Animation, Cognition, Technoference, and Sleep.

Toddlers are exposed to screens actively (to entertain, educate, distract) and passively (background TV, parent phone use) from very early on in life.

With the ever-growing use of technology, we are interested in exploring fantastical cartoon content (cartoons with unrealistic events), screen exposure, and toddlers’ emerging behaviour through eye-tracking technology, behavioural tasks, and questionnaires.

This pilot research study is looking to recruit 18-24-month-olds to learn more about their development in a digital world.

Recruitment for this study has now ended - thank you to everyone who participated!

Keep an eye out for updates as we begin to analyse our data