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Research suggests that using the Internet helps boost brain power for middle-aged and older people [17] (research on younger people has not been done). The study compares brain activity when the subjects were reading and when the subjects were surfing the Internet. It found that Internet surfing uses much more brain activity than reading does.
Internet addiction can cause “negative behavioural and developmental changes” in the brains of adolescents, the experts said. ... the urge to use the internet which has negative effects on ...
A mediated model research study was done to see the effects of social media use on psychological well-being both in positive and negative ways. Although social media has a stigma of negative influence, this study looks into the positive as well. The positive influence of social media resulted in the feeling of connectedness and relevance with ...
Internet addiction is associated with disrupted signaling in brain regions important for functions such as managing attention, a new study of teens has found. How internet addiction may affect ...
Many research studies have also analyzed the negative effects of social media on adolescents’ mental health, however. In the same study conducted by Dr. Shapiro and Dr. Margolin, they discovered that social networking sites, such as Facebook, make it easier for adolescents to compare themselves to their peers. [12]
According to a Pew Research study, 85% of Americans say they go online every day, from banking, to researching, to scrolling on social media. When does using the internet become an addiction?
Internet addiction increases the risk of many negative social and health outcomes, including poor academic performance, harmful personality effects, anxiety and depression. [ 17 ] The best-documented evidence of Internet addiction so far is time-disruption, which subsequently results in interference with regular social life, including academic ...
In internet culture, brain rot (or brainrot) describes internet content deemed to be of low quality or value, or the supposed negative psychological and cognitive effects caused by such material. [1] The term also refers to the deleterious effects associated with excessive use of digital media, especially short-form entertainment [ 2 ] and ...