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Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study

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Re: Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study

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Post by thin_carapace »

the linked study effectively drills down on aspects of previous work ...

"High-frequency SFV [short form video] use was consistently associated with attentional disruption, reduced executive functioning, and emotional dysregulation."

"Neuroimaging results revealed reduced activation in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC) and Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) regions ... when participants viewed personalised TikTok videos."

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.27.25334540v...

"(The ACC) is involved in ... higher-level functions, such as attention allocation, reward anticipation, decision-making, impulse control .. and emotion."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_cingulate_cortex

"The DLPFC is ... the highest cortical area that is involved in motor planning, organization and regulation."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsolateral_prefrontal_cortex

by permitting unlimited short form content and not disallowing child access we are allowing corporations to destroy kids brains. therefore I posit the latest generation has been rendered retarded, which will pose a dire threat to continued stability unless addressed.

Re: Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study

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Post by Zetaphor »

thin_carapace wrote: post #3

the linked study effectively drills down on aspects of previous work ... "High-frequency SFV [short form video] use was consistently associated with attentional disruption, reduced executive functioning, and emotional dysregulation." "Neuroimaging results revealed reduced activation in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC) and Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) regions ... when participants viewed personalised TikT…

It's this generations leaded gasoline and paint

Re: Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study

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Post by zuzululu »

very worrying study, essentially its a digital->neurochemistry chasm crossing substance that uses the 2 senses.

all more reasons to heavily discourage the usage of short form content , we might require regulations against what is essentially an invisible drug that rapidly replicate and distribute itself among the masses.

Re: Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study

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Post by t-writescode »

I haven’t read the study, but I’ve read the comments so far.

I wonder if this mechanism is the same mechanism that impacts, say, swipe-focused dating websites, as well? And Twitter feeds with super-short messages. A lot of the most viral modern tech has been bite-sized content feeds of various types.

Re: Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study

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Post by thin_carapace »

zuzululu wrote: post #5

very worrying study, essentially its a digital->neurochemistry chasm crossing substance that uses the 2 senses. all more reasons to heavily discourage the usage of short form content , we might require regulations against what is essentially an invisible drug that rapidly replicate and distribute itself among the masses.

define short form content as anything under an arbitrary time threshold, legislate all online providers of short form content to mandate an arbitrary time limit per day for all users, add a law that parents knowingly allowing children to exceed national daily short form content limits are subject to penalty. seems fairly straightforward. but uh, I guess we could all capitulate to giving corporations our biometric data ...

Re: Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study

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Post by EA-3167 »

The brain is incredibly energy hungry so it evolved to detect situations that don’t require full attention and activates the Default Mode Network. This happens when you’re zoning out to pretty much anything, and indicates that you’re essentially in “low power mode”.

My question here is whether the framing of the content in question “shutting off brain regions” is an honest one compared to what I said above. fMRI is amazing to be sure, but what it tells us is limited.

So without endorsing crap content on any way, I’m very skeptical of this article’s conclusions based on the study in question.

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