Viewing Fantastical Events Versus Touching Fantastical Events: Short‐Term Effects on Children's Inhibitory Control

Three pretest–posttest experiments were conducted to compare the effects of viewing versus interacting with either fantastical or real events on 4‐ and 6‐year‐old children's inhibitory control. Experiment 1 ( N = 72) suggested that although viewing fantastical events had a negative effect on inhibitory control, interacting with them produced no such disruption. Experiment 2 ( N = 17) also found that children's inhibitory control decreased after...