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.

  • UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Vsauce made a video about attention spans getting shorter when it’s more so humans just get bored easily. If TikTok didn’t exist we would just find other means to cure our boredom. It was rock and roll music, comic books, then TVs, and now TikTok is the current generation thing to hate. It’s all about moderation.

    • blindjezebel@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      True. It can be hard to moderate consumption without a fully disciplined prefrontal cortex.

      How do we measure the extent to which addiction to an opiod is the addict’s fault vs the manufacturer & marketers of said opiod?