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im anderson cooper. you may have heard the u.s. surgeon general issued a warning that social media carries what he called a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescence. its something all of us who are parents are worried about. because of a law passed in the mid-1990s, social media companies are shielded from almost all responsibility for the content their users post, no matter how untrue or harmful it may be. but now with billions of people on...

human behind the humor. thanks for joining us for "the whole story." im anderson cooper. you may have heard the u.s. surgeon general issued a warning that social media carries what he called a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescence. its something all of us who are parents are worried about. because of a law passed in the mid-1990s, social media companies are shielded from almost all responsibility for the content their users post, no mat...

the football field last weekend. well be joined by a former basketball player who experienced the very same thing. well have his story and how he used that scary moment to help save lives. plus, the new study that says social media could be changing your kids dreams. thats all ahead on "cnn this morning." it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us, especially you, alex. good to be with you. >> great to be back with you. how late did you manage to stay up wat...

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What she just said. the kids who check their phones frequently seem to become more sensitive to what their peers were saying and doing. >> its hard to say exactly what this might mean. the brain may be adapting and changing in a way that helps them to navigate their digital worlds. it could also be that these brain regions are becoming so hypersensitive to that peer feedback that it could potentially be related to downstream mental health, like social anxiety or depression or even more addictive...

Peer or a scowl from your peer, what is happening in the brain? >> reporter: whats happening, she discovered, is that the kids in her test group, the ones who check their social media 15 times a day or more had more activity in the regions of their brains that process emotional reality. >> its suggesting that this peer feedback is becoming more and more important to these adolescence. theyre becoming hypersensitive to seeing and anticipating positive and negative feedback from their peers. >> re...

>> reporter: ceecee, too, has found it difficult to fully disconnect. do you still have social media accounts? >> i dont have instagram but i have senate chat and facebook. you almost feel like you have to have it in order to be included. >> reporter: eight out of ten american teens say social media makes them feel more connected to their friends lives. about a third admit to spending too much time on the apps and more than half say it would be hard to give up. the long-term effects of all this ...

Known for years. but scientists like mitch and eva at the university of north carolina chapel hill are trying to figure it out. >> can i play the game? i check my phone a lot -- >> reporter: for three years, the professor and her team had 175 children starting from age 12 play this game once a year while inside an mri machine. >> were taking pictures of their brain while they play this game. >> reporter: its designed to mimic peer feedback on the social media apps. im clicking as shapes appear. ...

The faces im shown appear depending on how quickly i react. >> its a queue for children and adolescence and smiling faces is a reward. scowling faces is a punishment. were looking at brain activation right before they get that feedback. so, like, as you anticipate maybe getting a smile from your peer or a scowl from your peer, what is happening in the brain? >> reporter: whats happening, she discovered, is that the kids in her test group, the ones who check their social media 15 times a day or m...