The findings of this literature review highlight the implications of how digital interfaces, particularly those intended to attract and keep user attention, can affect adolescents’ neurological-driven behavior.
Specific brain areas, particularly the frontal cortex, which governs decision-making and impulse control, are developing during adolescence. This indicates a marked vulnerability to many apps’ persistent algorithms and design elements today. The constant stimulus from these apps may change the normal reward responses of young users, potentially increasing dependency or even addictive conduct.
This underscores the need for a thorough examination that goes deeper into the effects of these digital interfaces and also examines the ethical obligations of those responsible for product design. This relationship between technology and its influence on cerebral development in adolescents dictates cross-disciplinary research undertakings, combining developmental psychology, neuroscience, and tech design ethics.
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