Heavy use of smartphones, internet, and many social media platforms can have debilitating effects on our neural processing, ...

The way you use social media can shape how others perceive you. Some common habits might unintentionally make you seem less confident than you really are. Understanding which habits give off this ...

Social media itself isn't the problem; it's how you use it. Here are three very different patterns of social media behavior and how each one shapes your self-worth and overall happiness.

Over 40 million American adults – approximately 19% – live with an anxiety disorder, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can ...