Infants were used as subjects in this experiment. Infants were used to determine if electronic toys have an effect on language development. Infants were split into two groups with their parents. One group played with their infants with traditional toys that did not have a screen on them. While the other group, had toys that had a digital screen. The researchers focused on a specific part of the brain, the broca’s area. The broca’s area is located in the prefrontal cortex which is focused on language and speech development. If there was any damage to the broca's area it would lead to aphasia. Aphasia is the loss of the ability to produce language. The infants that were playing with the digital toys had a slower development of language compared to the group of infants who were playing with toys without a screen.
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