What do social media really do to the brains of young people?

It is often said that endless scrolling is bad for young people's brains and may even change them. But in reality, we don't know that for certain. That's why Professor Roshan Cools is calling for a large-scale study using brain scans.

If you would like to know more about this, check out:

• The documentary 'Het stopt gewoon niet' by Martine Berendsen on what are the effects of stopping using social media for 11 days on four teenagers.

• The related Een Vandaag post by Barbara van Gool

• The related Radio Een Vandaag item presented by Suzanne Bosman with Prof. Roshan Cools

Japanexperterna.se (2015). Scrolling on phone. Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/