An analysis of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study data found that children 9–10 years of age who spent ...

Increasing social media usage among children has been linked to a decline in cognitive performance. A JAMA study involving 6,554 adolescents aged 9–13 found that those who spent more time on social ...

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...

It might finally be time to set those parental controls. New research suggests that social media isn’t just feeding your kid the latest memes — it may actually be messing with their brainpower. The ...

Social media could be costing your tween some of their brain power, a new study says. Children between 9 and 13 years of age who spent more time on social media performed worse on tests of reading, ...

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...

Increases in social media use during early adolescence were linked with lower performance scores measuring cognitive function. Differences were "modest but consistent" in key areas like reading, ...

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young girl studying and listening to music on the laptop sitting on the floor of the living room at home Juliana Belo Gutierrez/iStockphoto / Getty Images/iStockphoto Preteens using increasing amounts ...