Watching TV ‘can cause anti-social behaviour’

WATCHING TV may damage children’s brain development leading to increased anti-social behaviour, new research claims.

Watching TV ‘can cause anti-social behaviour’

There is also a correlation between the amount of television children watch and the degree of educational damage they suffer, according to the report by Dr Aric Sigman, who is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

And significant long-term damage occurs even at so-called modest levels of viewing - between one and two hours a day, the report, entitled Remotely Controlled, says.

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