Zuckerberg says the science isn’t settled. But the harms of short-form video on the brain are starting to show | Caty Enders
Recent social media lawsuits have addressed concerns about mental health.
But what about its cognitive effects? A few years ago, when I’d just started graduate work, I was waiting with a grandmother finishing a questionnaire I’d handed her about her 19-year-old granddaughter who was in the testing room next door.
They were participating in a study that used brain imaging to look at adolescent development.
The older woman had a soft southern accent and a warm laugh.
“What’s funny?” I asked.
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