Constant exposure to short videos has such addictive potential that some countries are aiming to pass legislation that would force the apps hosting this content to change their design. As short video addiction among teens is becoming a more pressing concern, we need to better understand the processes that foster it. Now, researchers have examined how attachment anxiety contributes to short video addiction and identified two pathways. Both difficulties with reading emotions – one’s own and those of others – as well as struggling with concentration may be factors increasing the likeliness of developing short video addiction. Knowing this, the team said, highlights that addressing short video addiction is not only about limiting screen time, but also about emotional and cognitive regulation.

Researchers at Tulane University have identified brain circuits that help determine how fear responses change as perceived threats diminish, offering new insight into how the brain regulates defensive behavior and why those processes may break down in conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder. 

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to develop a new tool for assessing earthquake damage, a leap that could ultimately help first responders in making critical rescue decisions, suggests a new study. 

New studies published in the American Journal of Epidemiology and Epidemiology found that people residing in redlined neighborhoods—neighborhoods that were subjected to the historic practice of mortgage lending discrimination by the federal government—were less likely to conceive than those who lived in neighborhoods the government deemed favorable for mortgage lending.