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

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

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

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

Approximately 20% of American adolescents experience a mental health disorder each year, a number that has been on the rise.

Children aged 9-13 who spent more time on social media performed worse on reading, memory and language tests two years later, ...

The team found that family conflict, particularly fighting and frequent criticism between family members, and reputational damage among peers were the strongest predictors of current mental health ...

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, ...

Machine learning is the ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results. Machine learning methods enable computers to learn without being explicitly programmed and have ...