Education Week

Kids’ Social Media Use Linked to Lower Reading and Memory Scores, Study Suggests

The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, on Oct. 13, found that 9- to 13-year-olds ...

Social media is rotting kids’ brains — and especially hurting their memory and vocabulary: study

New research suggests that social media isn’t just feeding your kid the latest memes — it may actually be messing with their ...
HealthDay on MSN

Social Media Might Stunt Students' Intellect, Study Says

Children between 9 and 13 years of age who spent more time on social media performed worse on tests of reading, memory and ...
LAist on MSN

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and ...
MedPage Today on MSN

Increasing Social Media Use in Preteens May Be Hurting Cognition Too

Overall, this study "suggests that increasing social media use comes at a developmental cost, strengthening the argument that ...

Social media could be shaping how kids’ brains learn—and not for the better

Researchers found that even limited social media use can hurt children’s ability to focus and retain information—echoing what ...

Social media usage linked to lower cognitive performance in preteens

Increasing social media usage among children has been linked to a decline in cognitive performance. A JAMA study involving ...
Arab Times

Kids who use more social media perform worse on reading and memory tests: study

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 14: Children who increase their social media use in the preteen years perform worse on reading, vocabulary, ...
Health and Me on MSN

Should Parents Limit Social Media For Teens? New Study Shows It Is Lowering Their Memory Score

Our parents have always warned us about the rising problem of social media. With its addictive nature, people often find ...