New research published in The Journal of Psychology sheds light on the impact of Instagram advertising on body image. The findings indicate that exposure to ads featuring thin or curvy models on the popular social media platform can influence late-adolescent...
A recent study reveals that sexualized body-positive content on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok improves young women's body satisfaction to the same extent as non-sexualized body-positive content, debunking concerns that such combining body-positive posts with sexuality negatively impacts...
Using smartphones for extended periods could negatively impact mental well-being and social connectedness, according to a recent study from researchers at the University of British Columbia and a media lab in Germany. Unlike earlier research that relied on self-reported data,...
A recent study published in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery revealed that young female Instagram users in Italy who were exposed to digitally enhanced images of a woman were more likely to idealize thinness and consider cosmetic surgery for social acceptance compared...
New research suggests that men who frequently post on social media are perceived as more feminine, based on experiments with over 1,300 respondents from the U.S. and U.K. This stereotype persists even when men post about others or for professional...
New research from the University of East London suggests that text messaging, particularly the use of emojis, provides a potentially more expressive mode of communication for individuals with alexithymia, a trait marked by difficulties in recognizing and expressing emotions. The...
A recent study published in PNAS Nexus found that YouTube's recommendation algorithm displays a left-leaning bias, directing users away from extreme right-wing content more swiftly than from extreme left-wing content. The research, primarily focused on the U.S. political context, suggests...
A recent study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders found that a significant majority (73%) of informational videos on TikTok tagged with "#Autism" contain inaccurate or overgeneralized information about autism. Despite the prevalence of misinformation, these videos...
In a recent study published in the scientific journal Body Image, researchers have found that viewing just a few body-positive posts on social media over two weeks can significantly reduce women's dissatisfaction with their bodies. In addition, viewing these posts...
A series of studies in Applied Cognitive Psychology found that participants remembered tweets better than news headlines, regardless of whether the messages were consistent or inconsistent. This superior memory for tweets was consistent in both in-person and virtual experiments, with...
TikTok videos featuring large dancers enhance body satisfaction among young women, while those with thin dancers decrease it, according to a study by the University of Bath. The research underscores the significant influence of social media on body image perceptions...
A student from Harvard College, Suhanee Mitragotri, and her colleagues are advocating for the creation of a mouse maze emoji to represent the significant contributions of the mouse maze in neuroscientific research, emphasizing its role in understanding spatial learning, memory,...
Contrary to popular belief, a study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology found no correlation between adolescents' social media activity and their mental health symptoms over time. While platforms like Instagram and Snapchat dominate teen usage, increased engagement...
An analysis of tweets of U.S. senators holding office between 2013 and 2021 showed that a specific communication factor called "greed communication" predicts their approval and reach on the social media platform. Democratic senators who used more greed communication tended...
New psychology research sheds light on why people engage in online trolling behavior, which involves purposely causing conflict and stress on the internet. The findings, published in Psychological Reports, provide evidence that trolling behavior is more common among those with...