- July 21, 2026In a study of nearly 500 participants, individuals attempted to block internet access on their smartphones for two weeks while…
- July 21, 2026Roughly 1 in 5 U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. At the same time, 64%…
- July 21, 202695% of U.S. teens (ages 13–17) have access to a smartphone. 96% use the internet daily. 46% say they are…
- July 21, 2026Teens (ages 13–18) spend an average of 8 hours 39 minutes per day using entertainment screen media (not including schoolwork…
- July 21, 2026The study analyzed data from 10,280 adolescents (ages 10–14) in the ABCD Study. Bedtime screen use was associated with greater…
- July 21, 2026Evening smartphone use before bed was associated with reduced sleep quality. Participants also showed poorer overnight declarative memory consolidation, suggesting…
- July 20, 2026This study analyzed 2,200 essays and found that each additional human-written essay introduced more new ideas than each GPT-4-generated essay,…
- July 20, 2026Researchers conducted a randomized experiment in which participants wrote short stories either with or without AI-generated ideas. Although individual stories…
- July 20, 2026This study examined the effects of GPT-4 as a tutor in a Turkish high school. Students using AI initially performed…
- July 20, 2026Researchers at the MIT Media Lab studied 54 participants writing essays using ChatGPT, a search engine, or no digital tools.…
