Researchers assigned children to watch three types of television shows and examined the immediate effect on performance of executive function tasks. They found that __________.
A. fast-paced cartoon shows tended to produce higher executive function performance than slow-paced cartoons
B. educational programs produced higher executive function performance than fast-paced cartoons, but slow-paced cartoons did not
C. viewing fast-paced and slow-paced cartoons led to decreases in executive functions
D. educational programs and slow-paced cartoons produced higher executive function performance than fast-paced cartoons
Answer: D
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