TikTok acts on children’s brains like a ‘candy store’ shortening their attention span: report
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Study shows that problematic usage of TikTok by young adults is linked to higher levels of a lack of self control. Additional brain scans found that TikTok may cause significant problems for about 5.9% of users
Although the link between ADHD and screen time is debatable, new research suggests the type of short and fast-paced videos that children consume today are partly to blame for why they struggle to participate in longer-term activities.
TikTok, known as Douyin in its home market, debuted in China in September 2016 as a shortform video sharing platform, primarily for lip-syncing and dancing videos, but became the most downloaded app in 2019, according to paper published in NeuroImage last year.
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