5 Crazy Ways Social Media Is Changing Your Brain Right Now

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With social media sites being used by ⅓ of the entire world, they’ve clearly hadan major influence on society. But what about our bodies? Here are 5 crazy ways that socialmedia and the internet are affecting your brain right now!Can’t log off? Surprisingly, 5-10% of internet users are actually unable to control how muchtime they spend online. Though it’s a psychological addiction as opposed to a substance addiction,brain scans of these people actually show a similar impairment of regions that thosewith drug dependence have. Specifically, there is a clear degradation of white matter inthe regions that control emotional processing, attention and decision making. Because socialmedia provides immediate rewards with very little effort required, your brain begin...