Playing video games is a rite of passage for many adolescents, but for some, it could also be the first step to a gaming addiction. Researchers looked at data collected from 6,143 identified video ...

Playing video games is a rite of passage for many adolescents, but for some, it could also be the first step to a gaming addiction. "A number one concern for parents of children and teenagers is how ...

Recent rulings against Meta and YouTube are rewriting the story of social media addiction, making it important for clinicians ...

Is social media addiction real? A new study explores the brain changes and psychological impacts of excessive use following a landmark $6 million California court ruling.

For decades, my colleagues and I advanced the premise that early substance use—nicotine, alcohol, or cannabis (or other addicting drugs)—interferes with critical maturation stages, particularly ...

Earlier this year, researchers at UNC’s Winston Center for Technology and Developing Minds established a new initiative to investigate how technology is “rewiring” the brains of developing youth ...

Nineteen young adults handed over their smartphones for three days. When researchers scanned their brains afterward, the ...

The researchers found that the higher daily social media use was significantly associated with lower total cortical thickness ...

Spread the loveThe rise of social media has coincided with a troubling increase in mental health issues among adolescents. Recent insights from neuroscience reveal that the developing teenage brain, ...

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