A sophisticated new study has tracked the relationship between early teen social media use and changes in their brains over a three-year period, finding more frequent checking of social media was linked with a greater sensitivity to social rewards.

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A sophisticated new study has tracked the relationship between early teen social media use and changes in their brains over a three-year period, finding more frequent checking of social media was linked with a greater sensitivity to social rewards. (newatlas.com)

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The study isn't saying that social media usage causes increased sensitivity, it's saying that they are correlated. It makes sense that people who are more sensitive to social recognition would be more drawn to social media usage.

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