On the influence of moving pictures

A preliminary reading into the influence of moving pictures on cognitive function, as expressed in the forms of both film and digital recordings, in the television and cinematic mediums. We note that there appears to be little, if any, research available on influence differentials between various forms of projected images, particularly comparing LCD, DLP, LCOS, etc., or the difference between a viewer taking in images projected on another surface (as a projection) vs. taking in images projected through a surface to the viewer (as a screen).

Reading

• Radlick, M.S. (1980), The Processing Demands of Television: Neurophysiological Correlates of Television Viewing, Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
• Piak, Haejung; Comstock, George (1994-08-01), "The Effects of Television Violence on Antisocial Behavior: A Meta-Analysis", Comm. Research 21 (4): 516-546, https://doi.org/10.1177/009365094021004004 
• Takeuchi, Hikaru, et. al. (May 2015), "The Impact of Television Viewing on Brain Structures: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses", Cerebral Cortex 25 (5): 1188-1197, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bht315  — "Television (TV) viewing is known to affect children's verbal abilities and other physical, cognitive, and emotional development in psychological studies. However, the brain structural development associated with TV viewing has never been investigated. Here we examined cross-sectional correlations between the duration of TV viewing and regional gray/white matter volume (rGMV/rWMV) among 133 boys and 143 girls as well as correlations between the duration of TV viewing and longitudinal changes that occurred a few years later among 111 boys and 105 girls. After correcting for confounding factors, we found positive effects of TV viewing on rGMV of the frontopolar and medial prefrontal areas in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, positive effects of TV viewing on rGMV/rWMV of areas of the visual cortex in cross-sectional analyses, and positive effects of TV viewing on rGMV of the hypothalamus/septum and sensorimotor areas in longitudinal analyses. We also confirmed negative effects of TV viewing on verbal intelligence quotient (IQ) in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. These anatomical correlates may be linked to previously known effects of TV viewing on verbal competence, aggression, and physical activity. In particular, the present results showed effects of TV viewing on the frontopolar area of the brain, which has been associated with intellectual abilities."