FeaturedNeuroscience·January 3, 2023·5 min readHabitual Checking of Social Media May Impact Young Adolescents’ Brain DevelopmentAdolescents' brains may become more sensitive when anticipating social rewards and punishments over time with increased social media usage. The findings reveal how social media usage could have important and long-standing consequences for brain development.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 17, 2022·5 min readSocial Media Could Open Doors for Studying MemorySocial media presents a new way for researchers to study memory. User-created media can evoke memories of emotion, location, time and other memory content all at once.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 1, 2022·4 min readTikTok Perpetuates Toxic Diet Culture Among Teens and Young AdultsThe most viewed content on TikTok associated with food, nutrition, and weight perpetuates a toxic diet culture among teens and young adults, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 12, 2022·5 min readDoes Media Exposure Influence an Individual’s Risk of Radicalization?Exposure to radicalized content online, both active and passive, was associated with a more meaningful relationship with radicalization.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 29, 2022·4 min readSocial Media Data Show Language Related to Depression Didn’t Spike After Initial Pandemic WaveUsing AI to analyze language associated with depression on social media during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found people were more resilient than previously thought.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 23, 2022·7 min read‘I Don’t Even Remember What I Read’: People Enter a ‘Dissociative State’ When Using Social MediaResearchers investigate why we "space out" and stop paying attention to the world around us when we become engrossed in social media posts.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 12, 2022·5 min readDaily Photo Sharing Might Mean Double Depression RiskResearchers link photo sharing on social media with increased depression risks. Depression symptoms that required treatment more than doubled by the third wave of the COVID pandemic in those who routinely shared photos via social media.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 22, 2021·3 min readA Possible Connections Between Oxytocin and InstagramResearchers discovered people with a specific variant of the oxytocin receptor gene OXTR follow more people on Instagram. However, there no evidence was found to suggest gene-environment interactions influence online sociability.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 3, 2021·6 min readUsers Banned From Social Platforms Go Elsewhere With Increased ToxicityThe prevailing theory is removing toxic social media users from accessing their accounts will prevent them from posting harmful content. Researchers say banned users increase their toxic postings via more lenient platforms when removed from top networks.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 13, 2021·4 min read#Foodporn: People Are More Attracted to Social Media Content Showcasing Fatty FoodSocial media influencers take note, posting images of fatty foods increases follower engagement, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 8, 2021·5 min readResearchers Develop Artificial Intelligence That Can Detect Sarcasm in Social MediaA newly developed artificial intelligence algorithm can accurately detect sarcasm in comments written on social media platforms.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 18, 2021·3 min readSocial Media ‘Likes’ Change the Way We Feel About Our MemoriesSharing our personal experiences on social media may negatively impact how we feel about our memories, especially if the post doesn't get many likes, a new study reports.Read More