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- The Immediate Impacts of TV Programs on Preschoolers’ Executive Functions and Attention: A Systematic Review
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2024
Sara Arian Namazi; S. Sadeghi
2024 review of 15 studies covering 1,855 children aged 2 to 7. Fantasy content more clearly hurt self-control, while results on fast pacing were mixed.
- The Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD (MTA): Variable Outcomes in Adulthood (2017)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2017
James M. Swanson et al.
The MTA began as a 14-month randomized trial of 579 children; its observational adulthood follow-up included 515 ADHD cases and 258 comparison participants. Consistent and inconsistent…
- The Power of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young Children
Document · 2018
Michael Yogman et al.; American Academy of Pediatrics
The report says randomized trials of physical play in 7- to 9-year-olds showed enhanced attentional inhibition, cognitive flexibility, and brain functioning. It also supplies a 25%…
- The Power of the Like in Adolescence: Effects of Peer Influence on Neural and Behavioral Responses to Social Media
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2016
Lauren E. Sherman et al.
The simulated Instagram fMRI experiment found that many versus few Likes influenced adolescents’ behavior and neural responses to photographs.
- The Senior Advisory Group Panel on Commercially Available Information: Declassified Report
Government Record · 2022
ODNI Senior Advisory Group
The report documents intelligence-community acquisition of commercially available personal information, including detailed location-related data, without the process that compelled acquisition might require.
- The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2022
Joanna Moncrieff et al.
The umbrella review found no consistent support for the low-serotonin hypothesis across the research areas reviewed. It did not test antidepressant efficacy and does not establish…
- The Welfare Effects of Social Media
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2020
Hunt Allcott, Luca Braghieri, Sarah Eichmeyer, and Matthew Gentzkow
The randomized experiment found reduced online activity, more offline activity, lower factual news knowledge and polarization, increased subjective well-being, and persistent reduced Facebook use after four…
- Too Many Interruptions at Work?
News Report · 2006
Gallup Business Journal interview with Gloria Mark
The interview supplies 23 minutes 15 seconds as average elapsed time to resume interrupted work.
- Transparency in Direct-to-Consumer Advertising, RIN 0910-AJ14 (2026)
Government Record · 2026
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; HHS/FDA
The current Unified Agenda lists an economically significant proposed rule, with no legal deadline and an NPRM timetable of December 2026. No final rule is shown.
- Treasury Fact Sheet: The Administration’s Proposed Financial Account Reporting Requirements
Government Record · 2021
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Treasury expressly rejected individual-transaction reporting and described a revised $10,000 total annual-flow exclusion, with wage/salary earners and federal-program beneficiaries carved out.
- Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Nonfatal Self-inflicted Injuries Among Youth Aged 10 to 24 Years in the United States, 2001-2015
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2017
Melissa C. Mercado et al.
For girls aged 10–14, emergency-department self-inflicted-injury rates rose from 119.4 per 100,000 in 2001 to 317.7 in 2015, with an 18.8% annual percentage change during 2009–2015.
- Trends in Parent-Reported ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment Among U.S. Children, 2016-2023 (2026)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2026
Samuel M. Katz et al.
This NSCH analysis of 282,720 children reports current ADHD at 10.5% in 2023 and medication among children with current ADHD falling from 62.5% in 2016 to…
- Understanding the Phenomenon of Binge-Watching—A Systematic Review
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2020
Jolanta A. Starosta; Bernadetta Izydorczyk
2020 review of binge-watching research: most viewing is ordinary entertainment, but heavy viewing can show signs of behavioral addiction. Few long-term studies exist.
- Unheard Voice: Evaluating five years of pro-Western covert influence operations
Document · 2022
Graphika and Stanford Internet Observatory
The repository records platform removals for manipulation/spam and coordinated inauthentic behavior and subsequent provision of portions of activity to researchers.
- United States v. Drew, 259 F.R.D. 449: Order Granting Motion for Judgment of Acquittal
Court Filing · 2009
Judge George H. Wu, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Judge Wu recounts the November 2008 misdemeanor verdicts and deadlocked conspiracy count, then grants acquittal. Treating intentional terms-of-service breach alone as a CFAA misdemeanor would criminalize…
- United States v. Google LLC and YouTube LLC, Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Civil Penalty Judgment
Court Filing · 2019
Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General
The order resolves allegations that YouTube collected children’s personal information without required parental consent. Payments total $170 million: $136 million to FTC and $34 million to…
- United States v. Moalin, No. 13-50572
Court Filing · 2020
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit held the metadata program exceeded FISA authorization, but affirmed the convictions and found suppression unwarranted.
- Unregulated Tech Mediation → Inevitable Online Deception → Societal Harm
Transcript · 2020
Tristan Harris
Harris’s prepared testimony discusses intermittent variable rewards, slot-machine comparisons, infinite scrolling, stopping cues, notification sounds, likes, filters, and moral outrage.
- USA FREEDOM Act, Public Law 114-23
Government Record · 2015
United States Congress
The Act ended the prior bulk Section 215 mechanism by requiring a specific selection term and creating a new targeted call-detail-record process.
- What Our Research Really Says About Teen Well-Being and Instagram
Document · 2021
Meta Platforms
Meta says 22% of girls already reporting body-image problems said Instagram made them better and 45.5% reported no impact. It says the research did not measure…
- When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World
Document · 1956
Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, and Stanley Schachter
The book examines how committed believers respond to failed predictions and specifies conditions under which disconfirmation may produce renewed conviction and proselytizing. It is a case…
- Written Testimony of Arturo Bejar
Transcript · 2023
Arturo Bejar
Bejar reported that 13% of Instagram users aged 13–15 self-reported unwanted sexual advances in the preceding seven days and said he communicated safety concerns directly to…
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2011–2021
Government Record · 2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Persistent sadness/hopelessness rose from 28% in 2011 to 42% in 2021; seriously considering suicide rose from 16% to 22%, making a plan from 13% to 18%,…
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2023
Government Record · 2024
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC reported 16% electronic bullying in 2023 using a previous-12-month question. This is narrower than Pew’s six-behavior lifetime/personal-experience measure.