Watching an appealing stream of bite-sized clips shifts the brain into an immersive, low-effort state in which self-monitoring takes a breather, a scientific study found.

Ever opened Instagram or another short-video app for ‘just five minutes’ and suddenly realised you have been scrolling for much longer? New research offers a possible explanation for why short videos ...

Short-form videos like Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts are designed to keep you scrolling, often giving you a quick hit of dopamine and which makes it easy to lose track of time. But a new study ...

Scroll through TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts and something measurable happens inside your skull. A new peer-reviewed study published Tuesday in NeuroImage finds that watching videos you ...

That vacant “Gen Z stare” may not be entirely a theatrical response to being asked whether anybody works here. A new neurological study found that preferred short videos significantly deactivated two ...