Social media is “designed to keep our eyes on it – in order to make us look at advertisements”, said Professor Robin Banerjee, who led the research. This means “we’ve got this very, very clear pattern ...

The inventor of the infinite scroll, Aza Raskin, testified in New Mexico, expressing regret over his creation.

The dominant narrative frames doomscrolling as a dopamine addiction or a willpower failure. Behavioral science suggests something more honest: your brain is seeking low-stakes unpredictability because ...

You can lose the battle but still win the war ...