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TikTok Preys on Your Fear of Abandonment – The Anxiety-Scroll Cycle

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An article published in Medical Xpress discusses new research from China examining how attachment anxiety, a fear of abandonment often rooted in childhood, contributes to short video addiction among young adults. The study, published in Frontiers in Psychology, surveyed 342 university students and found that difficulty identifying emotions (alexithymia) and poor attention control help explain … Read more

Short-Form Videos Are Rewiring Your Brain

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An article published in Dexerto highlights a 2024 study from China’s Zhejiang University that found a direct correlation between heavy consumption of short-form video content, such as TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts, and reduced executive control in the brain. The research, which monitored 48 participants using EEG technology during cognitive tests, showed that people … Read more

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