What Constant Notifications Do to Your Brain
A buzz, a ping, a banner. What experiments show about how notifications pull at attention, how big the effects are, and what is still unknown.
How screens, feeds and notifications shape attention and the developing brain.
A buzz, a ping, a banner. What experiments show about how notifications pull at attention, how big the effects are, and what is still unknown.
Endless short videos have sparked worried headlines. What brain research can and cannot yet say about TikTok, social media and the teenage brain.
Feeling drained by screens is common, but digital burnout is not a diagnosis. What burnout really means, what stress does to the brain, and what may help.
It is late, the news is grim, and your thumb keeps moving. How the brain's reward and threat systems may keep us scrolling, and what the evidence really shows.