Cognition How Viral Social Media Posts Undermine Critical Thinking This viral post about Elon Musk highlights our predisposition to thinking badly. Posted July 16, 2025 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma ...

Bluntly: Making healthy cognitive choices is hard. In a culture saturated with more accessible and engrossing forms of ...

However, after reading Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart by journalist Nicholas Carr, I’m starting to rethink the benefits of social media. Carr takes readers on a deep dive ...

Nearly 60% of the participants had low levels of social media addiction, and they stayed stable over the years. However, around a tenth of the children had an increasing social media addiction ...

He and his colleagues found that 47.5% of 11-12 year olds said that "I lose track of how much I am using my phone," 22.5% said "I spend a lot of time thinking about social media apps or planning ...

Teen girls open up about the 'constant pressure' of social media In a conversation set up by ABC News, a group of 15- to 17-year-old girls talked about the stress in the lives as their mothers ...

Social media's overall impact on an individual child is fueled by several factors. This includes their temperament, personality, health status, peer group and the content they view.