Impact of social media use on executive function

Associations between digital dependency and cognition have not received the same attention as emotional effects, an area of importance in this regard is Executive Functioning (EF) there are theoretical debates regrading whether impulse control a key aspect functioning for dependency. Three experiments examined associations social media addiction (SMA) everyday memory (Experiment 1), EF tasks using neutral stimuli before after exposure (Experiments 1 2), deficits related cues 3). Experiments1 2 demonstrated relationship SMA inhibitory control, measured by Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), but less strong with switching tasks. Experiment 3 higher impulsivity Go-GoNo task. These relationships were either exacerbated to or stronger when performance involved results novel very limited evidence relating dependency, they imply link impaired on cues.