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'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span (theweek.com)
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'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span::Emerging research suggests that TikTok's rapid-fire short videos are affecting the attention spans of its younger users, making it harder for them to engage in activities that require more sustained attention.

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[–] -4 points 3 years ago*

I heard this same argument about certain kinds of media reducing attention spans in fear mongering news releases back in the 90's and that, like this likely is, was a bunch of unfounded bullshit.

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