The Internet has evolved into a ubiquitous and indispensable digital environment in which
people communicate, seek information, and make decisions. Despite offering various …

If platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are the engines of social media use,
what is the gasoline? The answer can be found in the psychological dynamics behind …

Moral outrage shapes fundamental aspects of social life and is now widespread in online
social networks. Here, we show how social learning processes amplify online moral outrage …

The recent years have witnessed a dramatic increase in the use of reinforcement learning
(RL) models in social, cognitive and affective neuroscience. This approach, in combination …

Two preregistered experiments with 2,733 US high school students (age range= 13–19
years) compared the impact of different messages on adolescents' motivation to control …

The omnipresence of smartphones among adolescents and adults gives rise to the
questions about excessive use and personality factors which are associated with heavier …

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effect of social
comparison on the relationship between social media addiction, and self-esteem and …

Social media have become an integral part of our lives, expanding our interlinking
capabilities to new levels. There is plenty to be said about their positive effects. On the other …

Polarization of attitudes is an important, and often troubling or disruptive, effect of interest in
many fields. We seek to shed some light on how polarization arises by applying cognitive …

Computational modeling and brain imaging studies suggest that sensitivity to rewards and
behaviorist learning principles partly explain smartphone engagement patterns and …