Zuckerberg says the science isn’t settled. But the harms of short-form video on the brain are starting to show | Caty Enders
But the harms of short-form video on the brain are starting to showCaty EndersRecent social media lawsuits have addressed concerns about mental health. But what about its cognitive effects?Mon 14 Sep 2026 07.00 EDTLast modified on Mon 14 Sep 2026 07.04 EDTShareA 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.
- ▪But the harms of short-form video on the brain are starting to showCaty EndersRecent social media lawsuits have addressed concerns about mental health.
- ▪But what about its cognitive effects?Mon 14 Sep 2026 07.00 EDTLast modified on Mon 14 Sep 2026 07.04 EDTShareA few years ago, when I’d just started graduate work, I was waiting with a grandmother finishing a questionnaire I’d handed her abo
- ▪They were participating in a study that used brain imaging to look at adolescent development.
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‘Perhaps the safest way to approach the digital world, where we now spend most of our time, is to listen to our own minds and bodies.’ Photograph: Peter Cripps/AlamyView image in fullscreen‘Perhaps the safest way to approach the digital world, where we now spend most of our time, is to listen to our own minds and bodies.’ Photograph: Peter Cripps/AlamyOpinionSocial mediaZuckerberg says the science isn’t settled. But the harms of short-form video on the brain are starting to showCaty EndersRecent social media lawsuits have addressed concerns about mental health.
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