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The article is devoted to a study conducted in preschool education №2325 called «Academy of Childhood” in Moscow involving participants from the group for 6-7 year old children (N=50.). The aim of the study was to identify the degree of absorption of a preschool child in the culture of animation, the quality of its comprehension as a factor in the development of its capacity for symbolic mediation. The author notes that each subject was given a set of specially selected diagnostic tests to determine his or her level of mental development and certain neuropsychiatric features. The methods were consistent with the subjects’ age specifics and the goals, objectives and hypothesis of the study. In her study, the author used her own technique, developed in accordance with standard provisions for psychometric methods. The study identified four levels of representation of the animated film in children’s minds, and 3 levels of preschool children’s abilities to symbolic mediation. When processing the results obtained the following trend was observed: the higher the degree of a child’s quantitative exposure to cartoon culture – the lower is its propensity for qualitative analysis and comprehension of cartoons. It is noted that the number of cartoons seen is a factor that negatively affects the development level of the child’s capacity for symbolic mediation. Recommendations are given on proper selection of animated films before showing them to a child.