TikTok Brain Explained: Why Some Kids Seem Hooked

Who published this article?

• The Wall Street Journal

• The New Yorker

• Pensacola News Journal

How is this article organized?

• compare contrast

• chronological order

• cause effect

Who are the intended target audiences for the article?

• children

• teens

• adults

• senior citizens

The TikTok ______________ figures out what users like based on the amount of time they watch each video. {Spelling counts}

The prefrontal cortex is not fully developed (people are not considered adults) until age:

• 25

• 18

• 21

• 26

John Hutton, a ​ (a)   and director of the Reading & Literacy Discovery Center at CCH says, "If you want kids to pay ​ (b)   , they need to ​ (c)   paying attention.

• pediatrician,
• attention
• practice
• success
• TikTok

TikTok's personalized videos the app's recommendation engine shows users activate the reward centers of the brain.

• true

• false

When kids do things that require prolonged focus, such as reading or solving math problems, they're using:

• directed attention

• indirected attention

• Cognitive skills

• Problem-solving strategies

After being flooded with constant changes, teens' brains find it difficult to adapt to nondigital activity.

• true

• False

TikTok is now allowing users to make videos as long as ​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• 10
• minutes.
• 60
• seconds.
• 3
• 25