To teen brain, social media success same as chocolate
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 08:40
in Psychology & Sociology
The same brain circuits that are activated by eating chocolate and winning money are activated when teenagers see large numbers of “likes” on their own photos or the photos of peers in a social network, according to a first-of-its-kind UCLA study that scanned teens’ brains while using social media. The 32 teenagers, ages 13-18, were […]