Teens talk about their “brain rot” online. While there isn’t data to back it up, per se, experts do have concerns about the effect on kids and adults.

You know those people. You might even envy them. They seem go out every night, have hundreds of friends and give every appearance of living a fabulous life. You may have thought it was their charm or ...

Time and time again, I hear the term the social brain when people talk about social cognition. It’s a catchy phrase that captures how important social behavior is to the brains of social species, like ...

Although the topic of friendship has been researched extensively, no studies to date have used brain imaging technology to distinguish between fake friendships of influencers and other celebrities. In ...

Social media nowadays, has become more than a simple leisure activity. It is a tool that drives businesses, and helps ...

Swinburne researchers monitored young adults using a mobile phone, and identified “distinct patterns” in mood and brain activity between social media, gaming and television. The study, while a small ...

This creates a powerful loop: a negative thought enters the brain, and, due to its distressing contents, the brain signals ...

We’ve heard about how people are affected by bullies and misleading information on the internet, but what many of us have not heard are about the shocking effects on your physical and mental brain.