A study published today in the medical journal Pediatrics has concluded that preschool-aged children who watch fast-paced TV cartoons performed significantly worse on executive function (like ...

CHICAGO — The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in ...

Cartoons may be the reason your kids can’t sleep. A year-long study in the journal Pediatrics found kids ages three to five can be scared by Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner. Mike Eichenberg with Banner ...

EUGENE, Ore. (KATU) — A recent study suggested that cartoons targeted at girls feature sweets like cupcakes and ice cream eight times more frequently than those aimed at boys. Researchers Eric Setten, ...

Answer? Well you know the answer! “Half of the 4-year-olds watching the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants afterwards, those kids had trouble paying attention.” What WAS better for the 4-year-olds… was a ...

Like the infamous "Joe Camel" advertisements for cigarettes in the 1980s and 90s, the use of cartoon characters in ads for e-cigarettes and e-liquids may be attracting young people to the ...