Tag: American Psychological Association

  • Social-media use doesn’t always have to be problematic for children

    Social-media use doesn’t always have to be problematic for children

    Teens’ preoccupation with technology and social media may deleteriously affect the size of their brains, American Psychological Association chief science officer said. The areas of the brain “associated with our craving for’social rewards'” tend to develop well before the bits of the brain “involved in our ability to inhibit our behaviour, and resist temptations” as…