APS

2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022

Keep Scrolling! : Tiktok Potentially Sharpening Sustained Attention

Chicago, IL · May 2022

Poster · Cognitive

  • Nidah Mohammed
  • Zabrina Legarda
    California State University Northridge
  • Justin Jackson
    California State University Northridge
  • Catherine Khajadourian
  • Alfredo Santiago
    CSUN-MBRS BUILD PODER
  • Lauren Knox
    California State University, Northridge
  • Stefanie Drew
    California State University Northridge

Abstract

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the social-media app TikTok grew in popularity. We examined the relationship between TikTok usage and sustained attention. Participants completed the OddBall task before and after either scrolling on TikTok, online window shopping, or reading. Results indicated the TikTok group had better-sustained attention than the reading group.

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