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# Study shows kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, states NPR
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/study-shows-kids-who-use-social-media-score-lower-on-reading-and-memory-tests-states-npr/
- Published: 2025-10-27T15:39:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-27T22:45:50.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Insights, Technology, #wp-upper-left-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:55

**Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests** in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That’s according to a new study that suggests a link between social media use and poorer cognition in teens. The [findings are published in *JAMA,* ](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.16613?guestAccessKey=c8bce59a-f799-4c36-817e-dd2c05cf6ae4&utm%5Fsource=for%5Fthe%5Fmedia&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=ftm%5Flinks&utm%5Fcontent=tfl&utm%5Fterm=101325)reports NPR.

“This is a really exciting study,” says psychologist [Mitch Prinstein](https://mitch.web.unc.edu/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who wasn’t involved in the new research.

“It confirms a lot of what we have been hearing about from schools all across the country, which is that kids are just having a really hard time focusing on being able to learn as well as they used to, because of the ways in which social media has changed their ability to process information, perhaps.”

While most previous research has focused on the impact of social media use on kids’ mental health, “it’s critical to understand how social media use during school hours specifically affects learning, especially as so many schools are considering phone bans right now,” says study author and pediatrician [Jason Nagata](https://profiles.ucsf.edu/jason.nagata?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) of the University of California, San Francisco.

More [here](https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5571050/social-media-teens-brains-reading-memory?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).