'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span
'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span
What happens to kids' brains when they binge TikTok's endless stream of bite-sized videos?
'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span::Emerging research suggests that TikTok's rapid-fire short videos are affecting the attention spans of its younger users, making it harder for them to engage in activities that require more sustained attention.
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Title got that "ok boomer" vibe to it
I'm sure we should have a name for the phenomenon of how consuming shortform videos (at the frequency and volume as platforms like tiktok or instagram want us to) affects how our brain decides to process info in all other facets of our life.
Idk, like, Doomscrolling Brain sounds like a fad because, imo, not everyone uses the word doomscrolling. Tiktok is pretty much the face of endless scrolling short form vids, and everybody knows what it is. Calling it tiktok brain also puts the onus on the platform subconsciously affecting how we consume information anywhere else.
My generation was told violent video games will cause me to become a inhumane murder machine.