Research
Some Early Studies
The consumption of virtual environment more than 4 hours/day, in the children between 0-3 years old, can cause a syndrome similar with the autism spectrum disorder.
January 2018
Journal Romanian Literary Studies, 13, 953-968.
Causation Model of Autism: Audiovisual Brain Specialization in Infancy Competes with Social Brain Network
June 2016
Medical Hypotheses, 91, 2016, pp. 114-122
Comparison of Television Viewing Between Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Controls
July 2011
Acta Paediatrica, 100, 2011, pp. 1033-1037
Does Television Cause Autism?
December 2006
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No, 12632, Revised December 2006.
Clinical Evidence
The consumption of virtual environment more than 4 hours/day, in the children between 0-3 years old, can cause a syndrome similar with the autism spectrum disorder.
January 2018
Journal Romanian Literary Studies, 13, 953-968.
Early and Excessive Exposure to Screens (EEES): A New Syndrome
Devenir, 32, 2020, pp. 119-137.
Plea for a New Syndrome ‘Early and Excessive Exposure to Screens’ (EEPS)
Enfances & Psy, 79, pp. 142-10
Changes in Autism Symptoms Associated with Screen Exposure: Case Report of Two Young Children
Psychiatry Research Case Reports, 1(2), Article 100059
Correlation evidence of screen viewing and autism-related symptoms
Differentiating Post-Digital Nannying Autism Syndrome from Autism Spectrum Disorders in Young Children: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study
November 2022
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(22), Article 11226786
Amount of Screen Time and Occurrence of Autistic-Like Symptoms in Toddlers in a Tertiary Care Hospital
January 2022
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 15(4), pp. 538-543
Correlation Between Screen Time and Autistic Symptoms as Well as Development Quotients in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
February 2021
Front Psychiatry. 2021;12:619994. Published 2021 Feb 16. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2021.619994
Screen time and autistic-like behaviors among preschool children in China.
November 2020
Psychol Health Med. 2020 Nov 23:1-14. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2020.1851034. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33227216.
Early Electronic Screen Exposure and Autistic-Like Behaviors Among Preschoolers: The Mediating Role of Caregiver-Child Interaction, Sleep Duration and Outdoor Activities
October 2020
Children, 7(11), Article 7110200
Association of Early-Life Social and Digital Media Experiences with Development of Autism Spectrum Disorder-Like Symptoms.
July 2020
JAMA Pediatr. 2020 Jul 1;174(7):690-696. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.0230. PMID: 32310265; PMCID: PMC7171577.
Correlation evidence of screen viewing and autism diagnoses
A Study of the Effects of Screen Exposure on the Neuropsychological Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Based on ScreenQ
May 2024
BMC Pediatrics, 24, Article 340
Associations between Symptom Severity of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Screen Time Among Toddlers 16 to 36 Months
December 2022
Behavioral Sciences, 13(3), Article 13030208
Screen Time and Autism: Current Situation and Risk Factors for Screen Time Among Pre-School Children with ASD
August 2021
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, Article 675902
Correlation Between Screen Time and Autistic Symptoms as Well as Development Quotients in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
February 2021
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, Article 619984
Comparison of Television Viewing Between Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Controls
July 2011
Acta Paediatrica, 100, 2011, pp. 1033-1037
Comparison of Sedentary Behaviors Between Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typically Developing Children
Autism, 18(4), pp. 376-384
Evidence from natural experiments
Autism Prevalence and Precipitation Rates in California, Oregon, and Washington Counties
November 2008
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 162, November 2008, pp. 1026-1034
Does Television Cause Autism?
December 2006
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No, 12632, Revised December 2006.
Evidence concerning screen time reduction and treatment outcomes
Parent-child Interaction Effects on Autism Symptoms and EEG Relative Power in Young Children with Excessive Screen-Time
January 2021
Early Childhood Development and Care, 191, 2021, pp. 827-836.
Electrophysiological Evidence for Parent Training in Young Children with Autism Symptoms and Excessive Screen-Time
October 2019
Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 45, pp. 7-12
Screen Time Reduction and Focus on Social Engagement in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study
Pediatrics International, 64(1), Article e15343
Theories concerning how early childhood screen viewing could be an autism trigger
Causation Model of Autism: Audiovisual Brain Specialization in Infancy Competes with Social Brain Network
June 2016
Medical Hypotheses, 91, 2016, pp. 114-122
Autism’s Direct Cause? Failure of Infant-Mother Eye Contact in a Complex Adaptive System
Biological Theory, 5, pp. 344-356
Surveys concerning electronic screen viewing and autism
Screen time and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
December 2023
JAMA Network Open, 6(12), Article e2346775
Early Screen-Time Exposure and its Association with Risk of Developing Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review
July 2023
Cureus, Article 42292
Intensive early screen exposure as a causal factor for symptoms of autistic spectrum disorder: The case for «Virtual autism».
December 2019
Trends Neurosci Educ. 2019 Dec;17:100119. doi: 10.1016/j.tine.2019.100119. Epub 2019 Oct 10. PMID: 31685125.
Screen Media and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Literature Review.
May 2019
J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2019 May;40(4):303-311. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000654. PMID: 30908423.