Social media use trajectories and cognitive performance in adolescents

JAMA

2025-10-13

(Press-News.org) About The Study: This analysis found that both low and high increases in social media use throughout early adolescence were significantly associated with lower performance in specific aspects of cognitive function, supporting a prior finding that greater screen time was negatively but weakly associated with adolescent cognitive performance.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Jason M. Nagata, MD, MSc, email jason.nagata@ucsf.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2025.16613)

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Social media use trajectories and cognitive performance in adolescents

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