10 Strange Effects of Social Media on Your Brain

It can interfere with your multitasking skills

You would think that checking your email, posting a picture on Facebook and responding to a message are multitasking skills, but in reality, things are different. According to experts, switching your attention too often will worsen your ability to focus on multiple activities in the long run. A 2018 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that people who are multitasked on social media didn’t perform as well as people who usually spend less time on social media in some cognitive activities.

Therefore, experts advise you to ignore notifications and try to limit your interaction with all those online platforms, because in this way you will reduce the temptation of checking several accounts at the same time.

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