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A recent study suggests that the negative impact of social media platforms varies for girls and boys based on their age. Girls are most negatively impacted between the ages of 11 and 13, while boys are most negatively impacted between 14 and 15 years old.
Sensitivity to social media use might be linked to developmental differences, like puberty, which occurs later in boys than in girls, report experts at Oxford and Cambridge.
A group of 50 clinicians and scientists urged the COVID-19 public inquiry to include how the Government handled children during the pandemic in its investigation.
Recent advances in brain scanning allow unprecedented access to our thoughts and mental states
Credit: Eaters collective on Unsplash Beach selfie by Peggy and Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay Girl taking selfie. Credit: Sonam Prajapati from Pixabay Credit: Eaters collective on Unsplash Beach selfie by Peggy and Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay When you pull out your phone to take a photo, are you planning to share it on social media? Why is it so important that people - most of whom you’ve never met - see the minutiae of your daily life? “I want people to think about how weird it is that we’re posting pictures of our experiences just for the ‘likes’ and the ‘shares’ – a...