Shutterstock January 31, 2024 ‘Looksmaxxing’ is the disturbing TikTok trend turning young men into incels Jamilla Rosdahl, Australian College of Applied Psychology From ‘starvemaxxing’ and ‘edgemaxxing’ to ‘whitemaxxing’ – young men and boys are being bombarded with a plethora of problematic content online.
There’s no evidence ‘bone smashing’ can permanently alter your face’s appearance. Kyryk Ivan/ Shutterstock October 23, 2023 ‘Bone smashing’: broken bones, tooth loss and blood vessel damage are just a few of the harms of this bizarre TikTok trend Adam Taylor, Lancaster University It should go without saying, but don’t try this trend.
Attention isn’t a single mechanism, but rather the result of a number of different mechanisms across various areas of the brain. (Shutterstock) April 6, 2023 TikTok may be bad for privacy, but is it also harming our cognitive abilities? Colin McCormick, Dalhousie University With most social media users logging in at least once a day, and one-third of teens using these apps almost constantly, it raises the issue of whether social media is hurting our attention abilities.